Quotes About Science

Imagine (if you can) what the planetary model of the atom would have looked like — its satellite electrons orbiting its sunlike nucleus — if people had still thought the earth was flat. It would have been — literally — unthinkable.

Measurement, it's probably fair to say, is the cornerstone of knowledge.

Funny thing about those Middle Ages," said Joseph. "They just keep coming back. Mortals keep thinking they're in Modern Times, you know, they get all this neat technology and pass all these humanitarian laws, and then something happens: there's an economic crisis, or science makes some discovery people can't deal with. And boom, people go right back to burning Jews and selling pieces of the true Cross.

In his speeches about the Institute, Oppenheimer continually emphasized that science needed the humanities to better understand its own character and consequences.

Oppenheimer's work with Snyder is, in retrospect, remarkably complete and an accurate mathematical description of the collapse of a black hole

Though "present at the creation" of this militarization of science, Oppenheimer had walked away from Los Alamos, and Einstein respected him for attempting to use his influence to put the brakes on the arms race.

Oppie le respondió medio en broma que dicha investigación, «como el matrimonio y la poesía, no debería alentarse y debería tener lugar solo a pesar de ese desaliento».

My two great loves are physics and New Mexico. It's a pity they can't be combined.

Vanquish enemies at arms . . . Gain mastery of the sciences And varied arts . . . You may do all this, but karma's force Alone prevents what is not destined And compels what is to be.

An inner voice tells me that this is not the true Jacob. The theory accomplishes a lot, but it does not bring us closer to the secrets of the Old One. In any case, I am convinced that He does not play dice.

Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature.

Increasingly alarmed by the development of what President Eisenhower would someday call the "military-industrial complex," Oppenheimer had tried to use his celebrity status to question the scientific community's increasing dependency on the military. In 1954, he lost.

Lawrence's relentless drive for ever larger and more powerful cyclotrons epitomized the trend toward the kind of "big science" associated with the rise of corporate America in the early twentieth century. Only four industrial laboratories existed in the country in 1890; forty years later there were nearly one thousand such facilities.

Weinberg happily realized that at Berkeley, "Bohr was God and Oppie was his prophet.

Harvard gave him a volume of Galileo's early writings. He was assigned

After a particularly grueling day on horseback, Robert wrote a friend wistfully, "My two great loves are physics and New Mexico. It's a pity they can't be combined.

Oppenheimer quite naturally found it comforting to be told by Bohr that the contradictions in life were nevertheless all of a piece—and therefore complementary.

Once again, Bohr was God and Oppie was his prophet.

Science is deeply embedded in modern civilization—but the average citizen does not understand the scientific life or how scientific discoveries are made. Neither is it generally understood that scientific discovery is never a neat story. Writing about a life in science is thus by definition particularly onerous. The biographer in this case has to understand not only the life but also the science.

Scientists aren't responsible for the facts that are in nature. . . . If anyone should have a sense of sin, it's God. He put the facts there.

Upon his return to New York, Robert opened his mail to learn that Ernest Rutherford had rejected him. "Rutherford wouldn't have me," Oppenheimer recalled. "He didn't think much of Bridgman and my credentials were peculiar.

Magie?" Arcimboldo zuckte die Achseln. "Manche mögen es so nennen. Ich nenne es Wissenschaft. Neben Mensch und Tier ist nur ein einziges anderes Ding auf der Welt in der Lage zu sehen. Schau in einen Spiegel, und er schaut zu dir zurück. Das ist die erste Lektion in meiner Werkstatt, Merle. Merk sie dir gut. Spiegel können sehen.

Great kings and queens know to learn from those who had have great personal success in the area they taught. If you want to learn about science, you learn from a scientist. If you want to learn astronomy, you learn from an astronomer. If you want to learn how to have a great marriage, listen to the advice of those who have one. That's the secret to a long lasting happy marriage! - STRONG: Powerful Philosophy for Timeless Thoughts by Kailin Gow

Science Technology Engineering and Math is still necessary to know if you dream of being a filmmaker. Filmmaking is an art form, but with the use of STEM. - Kailin Gow.