Science Quotes
Asimov, Jacob Bronowski, Einstein, Arthur Eddington and Carl Sagan lead the page. The most-sourced writer is Henri Poincaré, with several passages from Science and Hypothesis (1901) and The Value of Science (1905), including the one about doubting everything and believing everything being two equally convenient ways to avoid thinking.
Two entries are flagged. “Etymology is a science in which vowels signify nothing at all, and consonants very little” is credited to Voltaire as disputed, and the notes cite two scholarly articles on where the saying comes from. “Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences” is credited to Galileo and flagged misattributed.
It would be as one-sided to assess the effects of science on society as of society on science.
Of all the sciences, astronomy was the one the superstitious liked least.
Science is paramount, but presents no challenge to a creed that rests on faith-based belief.
Only senators and simpletons thought science took place in neatly drawn boxes.
Learn sciences which offer you both your corrective destinies and corrective threats.
It is far easier to learn science first and philosophy later than the other way round!
The whole iconography of ancient science is simply the fruit of wishful thinking.
Humane science must be adapted to the requirements of a balanced and rewarding life.