James C. Maxwell Quotes

But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder of science, scientific ways of thinking, and the history of scientific ideas, rather than laboratory experience.

The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error.

Science is far from the center of the world for most people: even for many with highly sophisticated tastes, interests, and accomplishments.

Science is a wonderful discipline, to which we are deeply indebted.

I believe that the quantum of our knowledge will increase considerably in the coming years and that scientists will continue to be amongst the brave voices speaking out.

I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.

Every science has been an outcast.

Science fiction is the WikiLeaks of science, getting word to the public about what cutting-edge research really means.

Taken as a story of human achievement, and human blindness, the discoveries in the sciences are among the great epics.

Has science ever retreated? No! It is Catholicism which has always retreated before her, and will always be forced to retreat.

Without science, there would be no such hope.

Science is the future of mankind.

More attention to the History of Science is needed, as much by scientists as by historians, and especially by biologists, and this should mean a deliberate attempt to understand the thoughts of the great masters of the past, to see in what circumstances or intellectual milieu their ideas were formed, where they took the wrong turning or stopped short on the right track.

The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.

I am among those who think that science has great beauty.

I would like people to appreciate science in the same way they appreciate the arts.

Indian science has a bright future.

I don't think people have ever really been in touch with science. They're drawn to it, but they don't know why they're drawn to it. For example, you may be blown away by the structure of something, like a soccer ball or a geodesic dome, with its hexagonal shapes.

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Sciences evolve.

There's a lot of faith expressed by scientists about science. It's kind of an act of faith that science is a good thing. We don't know that for sure. We may not know that millions of years from now.

Saying that we should stop nanoscience is tantamount to saying we should stop science.

There are two - parallel - universes of science. One is the actual day-to-day work of scientists, patiently researching into all parts of the world and sometimes making amazing discoveries. The other is the role science plays in the public imagination - the powerful effect it has in shaping how millions of ordinary people see the world.

There are cases when it takes 50 or 100 years for fundamental science to achieve results.

Knowing how contented, free, and joyful is life in the world of science, one fervently wishes that many would enter its portals.