I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old. A. E. van Vogt annualbritishchum Change image and share on social
Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are the ugly stepchild of fantasy... and on and on and on. R. A. Salvatore fantasyfictionliterature Change image and share on social
What is required of a working hypothesis is a fine capacity for discrimination. Jean-Francois Lyotard capacitydiscriminationfine Change image and share on social
It's very strange writing science fiction in a world that moves as fast as ours does. Daniel Keys Moran fastfictionmove Change image and share on social
It is a shock to us in the twentieth century to discover, from observations science has made, that the fundamental mechanisms of life cannot be ascribed to natural selection, and therefore were designed. But we must deal with our shock as best we can and go on. Michael Behe ascribecenturydeal share on social
The moral issue here is whether the United States Congress is going to stand in the way of science and preclude scientists from doing lifesaving research. Rosa DeLauro congressissuelifesave Change image and share on social
Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. Thomas Huxley accuratecommonfallacy Change image and share on social
Science is to find something unknown, while invention is to make something new out of the known theory. Ivar Giaever findinventionmake Change image and share on social
Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts. Baruch Spinoza absolutelyartfreedom Change image and share on social
Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination. Sofia Kovalevskaya amountaridarithmetic share on social
