Quote Genre: Science

Judith Stone – ‘We cant all be Einstein (bec…

‘We cant all be Einstein (because we dont all play the violin). At the very least we need a sort of street-smart science: the ability to recognize evidence gather it assess it and act on it.’

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Sir William Bragg – ‘The important thing in scien…

‘The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.’

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Ernest Rutherford – ‘You should never bet against…

‘You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1.’

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Peter Ludwig Berger – ‘In science as in love too mu…

‘In science as in love too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence.’

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Plato – ‘Science is nothing but perce…

‘Science is nothing but perception.’

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William Osler – ‘In science the credit goes t…

‘In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.’

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Lewis Mumford – ‘The humanities and science a…

‘The humanities and science are not in inherent conflict but have become separated in the twentieth century. Now their essential unity must be re-emphasized so that twentieth-century multiplicity may become twentieth-century unity.’

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Herbert Spencer – ‘Science is organized knowled…

‘Science is organized knowledge.’

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C. P. Snow – ‘Science is the refusal to be…

‘Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.’

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Adam Smith – ‘Science is the great antidot…

‘Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm And superstition.’

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