Quotes about "Science & Discovery"

Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself. ”

One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it. ”

Most visitors to Amsterdam will wander into the red-light district out of sheer curiosity. The narrow streets are mostly safe day and night - just don't try to take pictures of the women working in the windows. ”

The one thing that 'Via Dolorosa' has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion. ”

Many dancers are content with the repertoire they're given. Others are dissatisfied but don't know why. Then there are a few like me that are curious and grab at everything. Can that curiosity thrive in the ballet world, or should it exist elsewhere? That's the eternal question. ”

I went to my first dinosaur hall with my father and twin brother. We went to the American Museum of Natural History, and I was blown away by the dinosaurs. ”

Quantum field theory was originally developed for the treatment of electrodynamics, immediately after the completion of quantum mechanics and the discovery of the Dirac equation. ”

The story of our species is one of overcoming existential risk through new forms of cooperation and innovation. ”

In environments that are energy-rich but liquid-poor, like near the surface of Titan, natural selection may favor organisms that use their metabolic heat to melt their own watering holes. ”

A lot of the stuff I tweet is out of childlike curiosity. ”