“Most new insights come only after a superabundant accumulation of facts have removed the blindness which prevented us from seeing what later comes to be regarded as obvious.” ReasonFactsScienceHistoryLearningSeeingObviousInsightBlindnessAccumulationFree Thought Book:My Life and Times as a Physicist Source: My Life and Times as a Physicist
“My ideal man is Benjamin Franklin-the figure in American history most worthy of emulation ... Franklin is my ideal of a whole man. ... Where are the life-size-or even pint-size-Benjamin Franklins of today?” MenWholeTodayHistoryFiguresHeroIdealsSizeWorthyAmerican HistoryFranklinPintsEmulationIdeal ManLife Size Author:Isidor Isaac Rabi
“We must also teach science not as the bare body of fact, but more as human endeavor in its historic context-in the context of the effects of scientific thought on every kind of thought. We must teach it as an intellectual pursuit rather than as a body of tricks.” HumansKindFactsBodyScienceTeachHistoryTeachingEffectsIntellectualAccountsPursuitTricksEndeavorHistoric Author:Isidor Isaac Rabi
