“The chief requisite for the making of a good chicken pie is chicken; no amount of culinary legerdemain can make up for the lack of chicken. In the same way, the chief requisite for the history of science is intimate scientific knowledge; no amount of philosophic legerdemain can make up for its absence.” WayAmountAbsenceChiefsIntimateCulinaryChickensPiePhilosophicHistory Of ScienceScientific Knowledge Book:The Teaching of the History of Science Source: The Teaching of the History of Science
“The history of science should not be an instrument to defend any kind of social or philosophic theory; it should be used only for its own purpose, to illustrate impartially the working of reason against unreason, the gradual unfolding of truth, in all its forms, whether pleasant or unpleasant, useful of useless, welcome or unwelcome.” ShouldKindReasonFormUsedPurposeSocialTheoryInstrumentsWelcomeUselessPleasantUnfoldingPhilosophicHistory Of ScienceUnwelcome Book:Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece Source: Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece
“It would be foolish to give credit to Euclid for pangeometrical conceptions; the idea of geometry deifferent from the common-sense one never occurred to his mind. Yet, when he stated the fifth postulate, he stood at the parting of the ways. His subconscious prescience is astounding. There is nothing comperable to it in the whole history of science.” WayGivingMindIdeasWholeWould BeCommonCreditFoolishCommon SenseConceptionSubconsciousFifthPartingGeometryHistory Of ScienceEuclid Author:George Sarton
