There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find read more

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be.

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your read more

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.

We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to read more

We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to cover up all the tracks, to not worry about the blind alleys or describe how you had the wrong idea at first, and so on. So there isn't any place to publish, in a dignified manner, what you actually did in order to get to do the work.

A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot read more

A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot stove for a minute, it's longer than any hour. That is relativity.

Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

The great tragedy of science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

The great tragedy of science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

As crude a weapon as a cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life.

As crude a weapon as a cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.

In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.