“There seems no limit to research, for as been truly said, the more the sphere of knowledge grows, the larger becomes the surface of contact with the unknown.” KnowsSaidSeemsScienceGrowsKnowledgeLimitsResearchSurfaceContactSpheres Book:A History of Science and its Relations with Philosophy & Religion Source: A History of Science and its Relations with Philosophy & Religion
“But beyond the bright searchlights of science, Out of sight of the windows of sense, Old riddles still bid us defiance, Old questions of Why and of Whence.” StillsScienceWindowAccountsSightDefianceRiddle Author:William Cecil Dampier
“Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think. Commenting on how an accident led to the discovery of X-rays.” ThinkingMadeScienceDiscoveryAccidentsLikesRays Author:William Cecil Dampier
“The fundamental concepts of physical science, it is now understood, are abstractions, framed by our mind, so as to bring order to an apparent chaos of phenomena.” MindScienceOrderUnderstoodConceptsAccountsFundamentalsChaosAbstractionFramedPhysical Science Book:A History of Science and its Relations with Philosophy & Religion Source: A History of Science and its Relations with Philosophy & Religion