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“The logical feebleness of science is not sufficiently borne in mind. It keeps down the weed of superstition, not by logic but by slowly rendering the mental soil unfit for its cultivation.”

Mind Science Logic Superstition

Book:Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, and Reviews. Volume 2

Source: Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, and Reviews. Volume 2

“... though he [Michael Faraday] took no cities, he captivated all hearts.”

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Book:Faraday as a Discoverer

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“To him [Faraday], as to all true philosophers, the main value of a fact was its position and suggestiveness in the general sequence of scientific truth.”

Truth Science Value Philosopher Fact Scientific Truth Faraday Michael Faraday

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“Underneath his sweetness and gentleness was the heat of a volcano. [Michael Faraday] was a man of excitable and fiery nature; but through high self-discipline he had converted the fire into a central glow and motive power of life, instead of permitting it to waste itself in useless passion.”

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“Those who are unacquainted with the details of scientific investigation have no idea of the amount of labour expended in the determination of those numbers on which important calculations or inferences depend. They have no idea of the patience shown by a Berzelius in determining atomic weights; by a Regnault in determining coefficients of expansion; or by a Joule in determining the mechanical equivalent of heat.”

Science Labour Calculations James Joule James Prescott Joule Joule Atomic Weight Berzelius Henri Victor Regnault Jöns Jacob Berzelius Regnault Scientific Investigation

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“In the firmament of science Mayer and Joule constitute a double star, the light of each being in a certain sense complementary to that of the other.”

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