The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life. Arthur Koestler ancientbleachdesert Change image and share on social
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. Adam Smith antidoteenthusiasmgreat Change image and share on social
Science fiction was rocket-mad for about 40 years until aerospace hit a brick wall about 1970. I would not write off space colonisation or exploration completely, but we are profoundly ill adapted for going boldly into outer space. Charles Stross adaptaerospaceboldly share on social
Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything. Octavia E. Butler anyplaceexaminefiction Change image and share on social
I wanted to be a political science professor and go to school in Boston. I never wanted to be a big, famous movie star and TV star. It kind of found me. Eliza Dushku bigbostonfamous Change image and share on social
Science is analytical, descriptive, informative. Man does not live by bread alone, but by science he attempts to do so. Hence the deadliness of all that is purely scientific. Eric Gill analyticattemptbread Change image and share on social
The progress of science is much more muddled than is depicted in most history books. This is especially true of theoretical physics, partly because history is written by the victorious. David Gross bookdepicthistory Change image and share on social
I was about 10 when I got into nuclear science. That was when that spark hit me. It took a few years of research, but when I was 14, I produced my first nuclear-fusion reaction. Taylor Wilson fusionhitnuclear 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
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
