Quotes About Discovery

Consider the question suitably modified.

So far, scientists have not uncovered any evidence that would hint that the workings of the Universe require the action of a divine being. On the other hand, scientists have uncovered no evidence that indicates that a divine being does not exist.

Un nou-n?scut crede c? el reprezint? întregul univers, dar greÈ™eÈ™te - aÈ™a cum îÈ™i d? seama destul de repede. De aceea, el trebuie s? studieze lumea exterioar? lui - trebuie s? încerce s? înveÈ›e unde se afl? graniÈ›ele dintre persoana sa È™i restul lumii - pentru a putea înÈ›elege cine este È™i cum se cuvine s?-È™i duc? viaÈ›a.

For it is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works

Baley distrusted overstatement and had no liking for the armchair deducer who discovered certainty rather than probability in the workings of logic.

even the purest and most high-minded scientist finds it expedient sometimes to assault the fortress of truth with the blunt weapon of trail and error. sometimes it works beautifully.

You may uncover more and, eventually, what seems altogether a mystery to us now may unfold and become plain.

Now tell me what happened—in words. I want your translation of the mathematics.

no matter how sure scientists think they are, nature has a way of surprising them.

Science is constructed out of approximations that gradually approach the truth

Re the temperature of Venus's surface No one had expected such a hot Venus

And then—U. S. Robots has interstellar travel, and humanity has the opportunity for galactic empire.

Perché tante persone passavano la loro vita senza cercare la risposta a tutte le domande che c'erano... anzi, senza nemmeno porsi le domande? si chiese Seldon. Nella vita, esisteva qualcosa di più eccitante della ricerca delle risposte?

The Scientist - with capital letters and no smile.

To have good ideas, we need to consume good ideas too. Follow your curiosity.

estoy a punto de lanzar todo mi peso contra una puerta y encontrar que está abierta de par en par.

what if there are a million intelligences in the Galaxy, but only one that is expansionist

The words that have spurred the greatest scientific breakthroughs are probably not Eureka but gee, that's funny!

it may be worth listening to all that scraping, tootling, and banging, for whatever information it might conceivably yield concerning Earth.

Cooper del Setenta y ocho, perdido en el Veinte, llama a la Eternidad...

Forse non esiste una fine nella scienza e ciò è anche un bene perché un universo senza misteri sarebbe insopportabilmente noioso. (da Il libro di biologia )

NEMESIS THE GODS THEMSELVES FANTASTIC VOYAGE I, ASIMOV

en 1798, un anatomista italiano, Luigi Galvani, descubrió que bajo la influencia de una chispa eléctrica se podía conseguir que los músculos muertos se crispasen y contrajesen como si estuviesen vivos. ¿Era posible que la electricidad fuese el secreto de la vida?

You can't get lost in space