Quotes About Discovery

The only hope [of science] ... is in genuine induction.

'Arcturus' is his other name- I'd rather call him 'Star.' It's very mean of Science To go and interfere!

Science gives you an understanding of the physical world, and it increases the capacity for fascination.

Everything in science depends on what one calls an aperçu, on becoming aware of what is at the bottom of the phenomena. Such becoming aware is infinitely fertile.

The scientific discovery appears first as the hypothesis of an analogy; and science tends to become independent of the hypothesis.

The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.

One major problem with any science is that people who don't know the conceptual history of their field go round re-inventing the elliptical wheel.

Experiment is fundamentally only induced observation.

Science's job is to map our ignorance.

Priestley [said] that each discovery we make shows us many others that should be made.

Well-observed facts, though brought to light by passing theories, will never die; they are the material on which alone the house of science will at last be built.

A contemporary poet has characterized this sense of the personality of art and of the impersonality of science in these words,-'Art is myself; science is ourselves. '

In science, it is rare that a transformational change occurs during our lifetimes.

It feels great to discover a planet, just like any discovery in science, except that it has more of the feel of exploration - you can go back and look at it. However, I can never visit.

The ultimate aim of all science is to penetrate the unknown.

Science has but one fashion-to lose nothing once gained.

We take art, and I love all that. But I also like science for some reason. I just like finding out why things happen.

At each stage...entirely new laws, concepts and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one.

Science surpasses the old miracles of mythology.

Science produces an incomparably lyrical state in this man.

Do not try the parallels in that way: I know that way all along. I have measured that bottomless night, and all the light and all the joy of my life went out there.

That's how the scientists discover new science. They start out with a hypothesis--an idea--and then others believe enough in the idea that they make it true. You see?

Science is prediction, not explanation.

The discovery of one star is the promise of another.