I venture to define science as a series of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiment and observation and fruitful of further experiments and observations. The test of a scientific theory is, I suggest, its fruitfulness.
There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them to… - James Bryant Conant
There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them to…
- James Bryant Conant
Whether a man lives or dies in vain can be measured only by the way he faces his own problems, by the success or failure of the inner conflict within… - James Bryant Conant
Whether a man lives or dies in vain can be measured only by the way he faces his own problems, by the success or failure of the inner conflict within…
Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out. - James Bryant Conant
Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out.
Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences. - James Bryant Conant
Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.
A Harvard education consists of what you learn at Harvard while you are not studying. - James Bryant Conant
A Harvard education consists of what you learn at Harvard while you are not studying.
Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without classes… - James Bryant Conant
Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without classes…
I venture to define science as a series of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiment and observation and fruitful of fur… - James Bryant Conant
I venture to define science as a series of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiment and observation and fruitful of fur…
Science advances, not by the accumulation of new facts, but by the continuous development of new concepts. - James Bryant Conant
Science advances, not by the accumulation of new facts, but by the continuous development of new concepts.
Education is what is left after all that has been learnt is forgotten. - James Bryant Conant
Education is what is left after all that has been learnt is forgotten.
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