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“The progress of science still depends on "a few people of vision".”

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This book explores the author's experiences and observations regarding the integration of technology into everyday existence, examining both the benefits and challenges of the digital age. more

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Lewis M. Branscomb

Physicist born on August 17, 1926, known for his research in quantum mechanics and solid-state physics. more

“Scientists are used to debating with one another about the finer points of new research. But increasingly, they find themselves battling their televisions and computer screens, which transmit ever-more-heated rhetoric from politicians, pundits, and other public figures who misinterpret, misrepresent, and malign scientific results.”

Used Results Figures Television Politician Computer Research Scientist Screens Rhetoric Transmit Pundits Public Figures Computer Screen

Author:Lewis M. Branscomb

“Science has been the absolute bedrock of technological and economic progress in the United States.”

Has Beens States United United States Progress Economic Absolutes Technological Bedrock Economic Progress

Author:Lewis M. Branscomb

“Teachers of science in schools and colleges must be masters of the tools for ensuring integrity in science and must instill them in their students.”

School Teacher Students College Masters Integrity Tools Instill

Book:Confessions of a Technophile

Source: Confessions of a Technophile

“We must understand that the fact of error, demonstrated in subsequent work, does not suggest that ethical lapses are responsible. It is more likely that the source of error is, as the advertisement says, a reflection of the fact that "its dangerous to trifle with Mother Nature".”

Doe Facts Mother Dangerous Source Reflection Responsible Errors Ethical Trifles Mother Nature Advertisements Lapses

Author:Lewis M. Branscomb

“God loves the noise as much as the signal.”

Noise God Love Signals

Book:Confessions of a Technophile

Source: Confessions of a Technophile

“In the course of waging that war, the people of Canada had shown that it was possible for them to maintain nearly a million men in uniform and at the same time expand all the facilities for production within Canada at an unprecedented speed, including building industries which had never existed in Canada before... and by and large the cost of production in Canada compared favourable with the cost of production anywhere else among the Allies... All of this was accomplished without any foreign investment, without and foreign loans... We were quite capable of self-development.”

“Canada's ruling circles seek to ally themselves more closely with American imperialism without giving up the economic advantages of membership in the British Empire.”

Giving Economic Giving Up Advantage British Circles Canada Empires Allies Imperialism Ruling British Empire Membership American Imperialism

Author:Tim Buck

“For a time I gave the appearance of defending Stalin. I didn't defend what he had done; the fact is, nobody could defend the things that Khrushchev revealed.”

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Author:Tim Buck

“The key to the defeat and eventually the end of imperialism as a a whole is the unity of all socialist countries and progressive forces in capitalist countries.”

Ends Country Whole Force Keys Unity Defeat Progressive Capitalist Socialist Imperialism Socialist Countries

Author:Tim Buck

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