"Science itself, therefore, may be regarded as a minimal problem, consisting of the completest possible presentment...

"Science itself, therefore, may be regarded as a minimal problem, consisting of the completest possible presentment of facts with the least possible expenditure of thought."
-- Ernst Mach (physicist, 1838-1916)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Mach

"To make a discovery is not necessarily the same as to understand a discovery."

"To make a discovery is not necessarily the same as to understand a discovery."
-- Abraham Pais (physicist, 1918-2000)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Pais

"First.

"First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves discovered it."
-- William James (psychologist, 1842-1910)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James

"Evolution on the large scale unfolds, like much of human history, as a succession of dynasties."

"Evolution on the large scale unfolds, like much of human history, as a succession of dynasties."
-- Edmund Beecher Wilson (zoologist, 1856-1939)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Beecher_Wilson

"The psychopaths are always around. In calm times we study them, but in times of upheaval, they rule over us."

"The psychopaths are always around. In calm times we study them, but in times of upheaval, they rule over us."
-- Ernst Kretschmer (psychiatrist, 1888-1964)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Kretschmer

"There is only one nature—the division into science and engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one.

"There is only one nature—the division into science and engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, the division is a human failure; it reflects our limited capacity to comprehend the whole."
-- Sir William Cecil Dampier (food scientist & agriculturalist, 1867-1952)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cecil_Dampier

"All that exists, exists in some amount and can be measured."

"All that exists, exists in some amount and can be measured."
-- Edward Thorndike (psychologist, 1874-1949)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Thorndike

Holy cow! That. Is. Amazing!!

Holy cow! That. Is. Amazing!!

Originally shared by Beyond the Brick

The LEGO MOC (My Own Creation) of the day.

The detail of the castle is just incredible!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38575412@N08/8048446421

"Every great scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they...

"Every great scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it."
-- Louis Agassiz (geologist & paleontologist, 1807-1873)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Agassiz

"Without the discovery of uniformities there can be no concepts, no classifications, no formulations, no principles,...

"Without the discovery of uniformities there can be no concepts, no classifications, no formulations, no principles, no laws; and without these no science can exist."
- Clyde Kluckhohn (cultural anthropologist, 1905-1960)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Kluckhohn

"[In] the realm of science,

"[In] the realm of science, ... what we have achieved will be obsolete in ten, twenty or fifty years. That is the fate, indeed, that is the very meaning of scientific work. ... Every scientific 'fulfillment' raises new 'questions' and cries out to be surpassed rendered obsolete. Everyone who wishes to serve science has to resign himself to this."
-- Max Weber (sociologist, 1864-1920)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Weber