Quotes About Science

Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.

The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their materialism.

It was like a new world opened to me, the world of science, which I was at last permitted to know in all liberty.

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.

Natural science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena.

In the new era, thought itself will be transmitted by radio.

We define organic chemistry as the chemistry of carbon compounds.

Aeronautics was neither an industry nor a science. It was a miracle.

It is still open to question whether psychology is a natural science, or whether it can be regarded as a science at all.

Science is the best thing humans beings have ever come up with. And if it isn't, science will fix it.

Mathematics is the cheapest science. Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require any expensive equipment. All one needs for mathematics is a pencil and paper.

A little science estranges a man from God; a lot of science brings him back.

The true Logic for this world is the Calculus of Probabilities, which takes account of the magnitude of the probability.

To simply dismiss the concept of God as being unscientific is to violate the very objectivity of science itself.

Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.

Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.

Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.

Epistemology without contact with science becomes an empty scheme. Science without epistemology is-insofar as it is thinkable at all-primitive and muddled.

I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting.

It was the evidence from science and history that prompted me to abandon my atheism and become a Christian.

Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.

I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed.

Those who say that the study of science makes a man an atheist, must be rather silly people.

The natural history of science is the study of the unknown. If you fear it you're not going to study it and you're not going to make any progress.