The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. And rightly so. The scientist addresses an infinitesimal audience of fellow composers. His message is not devoid of universality but its universality is disembodied and anonymous. While the artist's communication is linked forever with its original form, that of the scientist is modified, amplified, fused with the ideas and results of others and melts into the stream of knowledge and ideas which forms our culture. The scientist has in common with the artist only this: that he can find no better retreat from the world than his work and also no stronger link with the world than his work.
No amount of study of present forms [of life] would permit us to infer [the existence of] dinosaurs - Max Delbruck
No amount of study of present forms [of life] would permit us to infer [the existence of] dinosaurs
- Max Delbruck
If you're too sloppy, then you never get reproducible results, then you never get reproducible results, and then you never can draw any conclusions; … - Max Delbruck
If you're too sloppy, then you never get reproducible results, then you never get reproducible results, and then you never can draw any conclusions; …
The progress of science is tremendously disorderly, and the motivations that lead to this progress are tremendously varied, and the reasons why scien… - Max Delbruck
The progress of science is tremendously disorderly, and the motivations that lead to this progress are tremendously varied, and the reasons why scien…
Any living cell carries with it the experience of a billion years of experimentation by its ancestors. - Max Delbruck
Any living cell carries with it the experience of a billion years of experimentation by its ancestors.
Molecular genetics, our latest wonder, has taught us to spell out the connectivity of the tree of life in such palpable detail that we may say in pla… - Max Delbruck
Molecular genetics, our latest wonder, has taught us to spell out the connectivity of the tree of life in such palpable detail that we may say in pla…
The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. And rightly so. The scientist addresses an infinitesimal au… - Max Delbruck
The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. And rightly so. The scientist addresses an infinitesimal au…
The particular thing about science is to combine that [the dreams of obtaining power] with a retreat from the world. Other people want to obtain powe… - Max Delbruck
The particular thing about science is to combine that [the dreams of obtaining power] with a retreat from the world. Other people want to obtain powe…
The whole business was like a child's toy that you could buy at the dime store, all built in this wonderful way that you could explain in Life magazi… - Max Delbruck
The whole business was like a child's toy that you could buy at the dime store, all built in this wonderful way that you could explain in Life magazi…
[Physicists] feel that the field of bacterial viruses is a fine playground for serious children who ask ambitious questions. - Max Delbruck
[Physicists] feel that the field of bacterial viruses is a fine playground for serious children who ask ambitious questions.
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