The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show..

Man is not the most majestic of the creatures; long before the mammals even, the dinosaurs were far more splendid. But he has what no other animal po….

The largest single step in the ascent of man is the change from nomad to village agriculture..

Science is a tribute to what we can know, although we are fallible..

The world today is made, it is powered by science; and for any man to abdicate an interest in science is to walk with open eyes towards slavery..

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cas….

Whether our work is art or science or the daily work of society, it is only the form in which we explore our experience which is different..

The idea that the universe is running down comes from a simple observation about machines. Every machine consumes more energy than it renders..

The most powerful drive in the ascent of man is his pleasure in his own skill. He loves to do what he does well and, having done it well, he loves to….