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“It can hardly be pressed forcibly enough on the attention of the student of nature, that there is scarcely any natural phenomenon which can be fully and completely explained, in all its circumstances, without a union of several, perhaps of all, the sciences.”

Book:Preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy

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Preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy

Written by René Descartes, this work is a seminal contribution to the development of modern science, discussing the nature of scientific inquiry and the role of mathematics in understanding the natural world. more

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John Herschel

Sir John Herschel was a British astronomer, mathematician, and chemist, renowned for his contributions to astronomy and photography. He was born on March 7, 1792, and died on May 11, 1871. more

“It must be for truth's sake, and not for the sake of its usefulness to humanity, that the scientific man studies Nature. The application of science to the useful arts requires other abilities, other qualities, other tools than his; and therefore I say that the man of science who follows his studies into their practical application is false to his calling. The practical man stands ever ready to take up the work where the scientific man leaves it, and adapt it to the material wants and uses of daily life.”

Men Want Art Use Science Humanity Nature Ability Quality Study He Man Ready Materials Calling Tools Sake Practicals Daily Life Application Usefulness

Author:Louis Agassiz

“It troubles me that we are so easily pressured by purveyors of technology into permitting so-called "progress" to alter our lives without attempting to control it-as if technology were an irrepressible force of nature to which we must meekly submit.”

Ifs Science Force Nature Natural Technology Our Lives Progress Trouble Submit Attempting Forces Of Nature Pressured Irrepressible

Book:Economics of Defense Policy: Adm. H.G. Rickover : Hearing Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session

Source: Economics of Defense Policy: Adm. H.G. Rickover : Hearing Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session

“Kant, discussing the various modes of perception by which the human mind apprehends nature, concluded that it is specially prone to see nature through mathematical spectacles. Just as a man wearing blue spectacles would see only a blue world, so Kant thought that, with our mental bias, we tend to see only a mathematical world.”

Men World Mind Humans Science Nature Perception Mathematics Blue Various Mathematical Human Mind Bias Discussing Spectacles

Book:The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition]

Source: The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition]

“Know, Nature's children all divide her care, The fur that warms a monarch warmed a bear.”

Knows Children Care Science Nature Natural Bears Divides Fur Monarchs

Book:The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials

Source: The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials

“Lay aside all conceit Learn to read the book of Nature for yourself. Those who have succeeded best have followed for years some slim thread which once in a while has broadened out and disclosed some treasure worth a life-long search.”

Years Long Book Success Science Nature Lays Treasure Thread Long Life Conceit Slim

Author:Louis Agassiz

“Man could not stay there forever. He was bound to spread to new regions, partly because of his innate migratory tendency and partly because of Nature's stern urgency.”