When you're looking that far out, you're giving people their place in the universe, it touches people. Science is often visual, so it doesn't need translation. It's like poetry, it touches you. Story Musgrave givepeopleplace Change image and share on social
I would not hesitate to say I was addicted to the Internet in the first two years. It can be addictive, and things not taken in moderation have negative effects. But the alarmism around 'Facebook is changing our brains' strikes me as a kind of historical trick. Because we now know from brain science that everything changes our brains. Clay Shirky addictaddictivealarmism share on social
As accelerators reach higher and higher energies, we may need a new Standard Model, or, at least, today's may need to be modified, but that's the way science operates. Burton Richter acceleratorenergyhigh Change image and share on social
I have a Ph.D. in cell biology. And that's really manual labor. I mean, experimental science, you do it with your hands. So it's very different. You're out there in a lab, cleaning test tubes, and it just wasn't that fascinating. Barbara Ehrenreich biologycellclean share on social
I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science. Michio Kaku civilizationengineprosperity Change image and share on social
Even when I wasn't doing much 'science for the public' stuff, I found that four or five hours of intense work in physics was all my brain could take on a given day. Brian Greene braindayfind Change image and share on social
Science has been quite embattled. It's the most important thing there is. An arts graduate is not going to fix global warming. They may do other valuable things, but they are not going to fix the planet or cure cancer or get rid of malaria. Bill Bryson artcancercure share on social
My childhood and adolescence were filled with visiting scientists from both India and abroad, many of whom would stay with us. A life of science struck me as being both interesting and particularly international in its character. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan abroadadolescencecharacter share on social
Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin. Vitruvius acquaintdifficultgreek share on social
One of the distinguishing features of anything that aspires to the name of science is the reproducibility of experimental results. Matthew Stewart aspiredistinguishexperimental Change image and share on social