Quotes About Science

Kim Stanley Robinson

They would understand the fundamental laws of the universe before they had even the slightest handle on society.

If it was 200 Kelvin outside why not say so, rather than talk about witches' tits and the like

Science fiction's] most important use, I submit, is a means of dramatizing social inquiry, as providing a fictional mode in which cultural tendencies can be isolated and judged.

SF's NO GOOD! They bellow 'til we're deaf But =this= is good Well, then, it's not SF!

Caltech is a wonderful place. Named the top university in the world by the Times of London in each of the last three years, it is small enough—just 300 professors, 1000 undergrads, and 1200 graduate students—that I know Caltech experts in all branches of science. It was

The science of Interstellar lies in all four domains: Newtonian, relativistic, quantum, and quantum gravity. Correspondingly, some of the science is known to be true, some is an educated guess, and some is speculation.

As the Ranger carries Cooper deeper and deeper into the bowels of Gargantua, he continues to see the universe above himself. Chasing the light that brings him that image is an infalling singularity. The singularity is weak at first, but it grows stronger rapidly, as more and more stuff falls into Gargantua and piles up in a thin sheet (Chapter 27). Einstein's laws dictate this.

De todas las ideas concebidas por la mente humana, desde los unicornios y las gárgolas a la bomba de hidrógeno, la más fantástica es, quizá, la del agujero negro:

Journey into Gravity and Spacetime (Wheeler, 1990).

C)ybernetics, the science of computers, comes from the Greek kubernetes, helmsman or governor, meaning simply that the machine is in charge.

I don't know about you driving. What if your beast comes out? I don't think he's got a driver's permit." In a weird voice, she said, "He don't even have his license, Lisa." "Who's Lisa?" She blinked at him. "Weird Science? Never mind, crypt keeper. I'll shoot you a YouTube sometime, through this thing we youngsters like to call 'electronic mail.

So am I going to get a zipper in my chest?

Plutonium is the darling and the demon of the nuclear age.

One cannot understand... the universality of laws of nature, the relationship of things, without an understanding of mathematics. There is no other way to do it.

I hope to bring ancient philosophy and new scientific thinking together, to provide a new perspective of nature, especially the relationship between nature and man.

God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.

The lack of understanding of something is not evidence for God. It's evidence of a lack of understanding.

If we are honest - and scientists have to be - we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality.

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at all. This claim is rhetorical nonsense.

Anything that we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion, should be done and may, in fact, in the end, be our greatest contribution to civilization.

It is science, and not religion, which has taught men that things are complex and difficult to understand.