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Everything that can be invented, has been invented. - 1899.
Everything that can be invented, has been invented. - 1899.
Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground read more
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.
Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating read more
Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living things in that enormous immensity.
Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers.
Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers.
Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
People in the computer industry use the term 'user,' which to them means 'idiot.'.
People in the computer industry use the term 'user,' which to them means 'idiot.'.
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other read more
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.
Form follows function. - "Lippincott's Magazine", March, 1896.
Form follows function. - "Lippincott's Magazine", March, 1896.
