His [Henry Cavendish's] Theory of the Universe seems to have been, that it consisted solely of a multitude of objects which could be weighed, numbere….

[About the demand of the Board of Regents of the University of California that professors sign non-Communist loyalty oaths or lose their jobs within ….

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….

If necessity is the mother of invention, scientifically developed production is the mother of scientific research..

Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question 'How?' but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question 'Why?'.

It is possible for science to make the world like the Garden of Eden! Amen. But it is also possible, and sometimes it seems more probable, that scien….

I was always interested in doing it, but I was so content with my life that I didn't really go after it..

I venture to define science as a series of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiment and observation and fruitful of fur….

The study of butterflies-creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity-instead of being despised, will some day be valued as one of the m….

That our knowledge only illuminates a small corner of the Universe, that it is incomplete, approximate, tentative and merely probable need not concer….

For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false. No….

It is my belief that the basic knowledge that we're providing to the world will have a profound impact on the human condition and the treatments for ….

Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress..

Basic scientific research is scientific capital..

There is an attraction and a charm inherent in the colossal that is not subject to ordinary theories of art ... The tower will be the tallest edifice….

It seems to me that it had no other rationale than to show that we are not simply the country of entertainers, but also that of engineers and builder….

Demon mean knowledge in Greek, especially about the material world. Science means knowledge in Latin. A jurisdictional dispute is exposed, even if we….

I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon..

Mathematics has no symbols for confused ideas..

The ocean is not just blank blue space but rather the habitat for amazing wildlife, and we have to take care how we use it. If we want to keep having….

Being the most striking manifestation of the art of metal structures by which our engineers have shown in Europe, it [the Eiffel Tower] is one of the….