The very bulk of scientific publications is itself delusive. It is of very unequal value; a large proportion of it, possibly as much as three-quarters, does not deserve to be published at all, and is only published for economic considerations which have nothing to do with the real interests of science.
The relevance of Marxism to science is that it removes it from its imagined position of complete detachment and shows it as a part, but a critically … - John Desmond Bernal
The relevance of Marxism to science is that it removes it from its imagined position of complete detachment and shows it as a part, but a critically …
- John Desmond Bernal
The full area of ignorance is not mapped. We are at present only exploring the fringes. - John Desmond Bernal
The full area of ignorance is not mapped. We are at present only exploring the fringes.
All that glitters may not be gold, but at least it contains free electrons. - John Desmond Bernal
All that glitters may not be gold, but at least it contains free electrons.
But if capitalism had built up science as a productive force, the very character of the new mode of production was serving to make capitalism itself … - John Desmond Bernal
But if capitalism had built up science as a productive force, the very character of the new mode of production was serving to make capitalism itself …
Men will not be content to manufacture life: they will want to improve on it. - John Desmond Bernal
Men will not be content to manufacture life: they will want to improve on it.
The very bulk of scientific publications is itself delusive. It is of very unequal value; a large proportion of it, possibly as much as three-quarter… - John Desmond Bernal
The very bulk of scientific publications is itself delusive. It is of very unequal value; a large proportion of it, possibly as much as three-quarter…
In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to learn to understand nature and not merely t… - John Desmond Bernal
In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to learn to understand nature and not merely t…
The present aristocracy of western culture, at the very moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully i… - John Desmond Bernal
The present aristocracy of western culture, at the very moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully i…
So many of the chemical reactions occurring in living systems have been shown to be catalytic processes occurring isothermally on the surface of spec… - John Desmond Bernal
So many of the chemical reactions occurring in living systems have been shown to be catalytic processes occurring isothermally on the surface of spec…
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