Famous Quotes About science

Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth.

Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.

I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized.

Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact, he did some very good scientific work in plant morphology and mineralogy. But he was quite bitter at the way in which many scientists refused to grant him a hearing because he was a poet and therefore, they felt, he couldn't be serious.

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors.

Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.

I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.

Science is always inquiring.

I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded.

I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity.