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“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.”
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“Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.”
Alan Turing quotes (British cryptographer, Mathematician and Logician. Considered to be one of the fathers of modern computer science. 1912-1954)
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“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.”
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“Science does not know its debt to imagination.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes (American Poet, Lecturer and Essayist, 1803-1882)
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“In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.”
Paul Dirac quotes (English theoretical physicist, 1902-1984)
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“We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.”
Maria Montessori quotes (Italian Physician and Educator. 1870-1952)
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“I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”
Dr. Carl Sagan quotes (American Astronomer, Writer and Scientist, 1934-1996)
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“It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.”
Dr. Carl Sagan quotes (American Astronomer, Writer and Scientist, 1934-1996)
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“We are the product of 4.5 billion years of fortuitous, slow biological evolution. There is no reason to think that the evolutionary process has stopped. Man is a transitional animal. He is not the climax of creation.”
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“Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes (German Playwright, Poet, Novelist and Dramatist. 1749-1832)
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“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease”
William Osler quotes (Canadian Physician, 1849-1919)
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