As a practicing neurologist, I place central importance in applying current science to the notion of disease prevention. David Perlmutter applycentralcurrent Change image and share on social
It takes a certain amount of courage to tackle very hard problems in science, I now realise. You don't know what the timescale of your work will be: decades or only a few years. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan amountcouragedecade Change image and share on social
People go into science out of curiosity, not to win awards. But scientists are human and have ambitions. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan ambitionawardcuriosity Change image and share on social
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery. Richard Powers conditioncontrolcultivate share on social
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! Honore de Balzac blooddemandfate Change image and share on social
But man has still another powerful resource: natural science with its strictly objective methods. Ivan Pavlov manmethodnatural Change image and share on social
Maybe we could think of science as being like a nuclear chain reaction in which people and ideas bounce off each other, and if critical mass is reached, a new field is formed. Alvin E. Roth bouncechaincritical Change image and share on social
The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor. Alvin Toffler biologicalcomputerexplosion Change image and share on social
With science fiction there's endless possibilities. Anna Torv endlessfictionpossibility Change image and share on social
