I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science. Donald Knuth on science
People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on eachother, like a wall of mini stones. Donald Knuth on science
I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do. Ridley Scott on science
Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth. E. T. Bell on science
Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition. Stephen Jay Gould on science
I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized. Stephen Jay Gould on science
Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact, he did some very good scientific work in plant morphology and mineralogy. But he was quite bitter at the way in which many scientists refused to grant him a hearing because he was a poet and therefore, they felt, he couldn't be serious. Stephen Jay Gould on science
Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors. Stephen Jay Gould on science
My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons. Barry Commoner on science
The age of innocent faith in science and technology may be over. Barry Commoner on science
Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man. Edward Thorndike on science
I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is. Patricia Cornwell on science
Science is always inquiring. Thabo Mbeki on science
I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded. Paul Nurse on science
I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity. Paul Nurse on science
I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science. Paul Nurse on science
Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science. Paul Nurse on science
In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test. Adam Savage on science
That's the show. it's like 5 minutes of science and then 10 minutes of me hurting myself. Adam Savage on science
We didn't set out to be educators or even scientists, and we don't purport that what we do is real science but we're demonstrating a methodology by which one can engage and satisfy your curiosity. Adam Savage on science