Thursday, October 18, 2012

"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

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

"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

Monday, October 15, 2012

"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

Friday, October 12, 2012

"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

Thursday, October 11, 2012

"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

Now I'm doubly intrigued!

Now I'm doubly intrigued!