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Science
«Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.»
Author: Konrad Lorenz
(Zoologist)
| About:
Science,
Truth
| Keywords:
hypotheses, hypothesis, suited
«We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.»
«When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Science
| Keywords:
accepted, agree, dearest, illusions, Kepler, observation, precise, preferred, The Hard, uncomfortable
«What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!»
Author: Henrik Ibsen
| About:
Business,
Capitalism,
Education,
Generations,
Science,
Society
| Keywords:
bringing, capitalism, inventions, produced, The Works
«We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.»
«We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.»
«We can no longer allow America?s dependence on foreign oil to compromise our energy security. Instead, we must invest in inventing new ways to power our cars and our economy. I?ll put my faith in American science and ingenuity any day before I depend on Saudi Arabia.»
Author: Senator John Kerry
(Senator)
| About:
Dependence,
Economy,
Energy,
Oil,
Science,
Security
| Keywords:
cars
«What we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science»
Author: Thomas Carlyle
(Essayist, Historian)
| About:
Science
| Keywords:
dismal, Dismal Science, eminence