“The time will come when diligent research over periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden...Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come, when memories of us will have been effaced. Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has something for every age to investigate. nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all.” LittlesDoeHas BeensStillsLightAgeLyingUniverseNatureMemoriesMysteryPeriodsResearchDiscoverySorryAffairReservedDiligent Author:Seneca the Younger
“When I moved to Stanford I began to pursue the line of research I have been following ever since, namely trying to understand the larger implications of fractional quantum hall discovery.” TryingHas BeensLinesResearchDiscoveryMovedFollowingPursueHallsQuantumImplicationsStanford Author:Robert B. Laughlin
“First, the probable cause of AIDS has been found: a variant of a known human cancer virus. Second, not only has the agent been identified, but a new process has been developed to mass produce this virus. Thirdly, with the discovery of both the virus and this new process, we now have a blood test for AIDS. With a blood test, we can identify AIDS victims with essentially 100% certainty.” FirstsHumansHas BeensFoundCausesProcessKnownBloodProduceMassDiscoveryTestsVictimCancerAidsAgentsCertaintyVirusesProbable CauseBlood TestsNew Processes Author:Margaret Heckler
“When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered himself years ago - since that time he has been toiling, working, and striving to make himself worthy of general discovery.” YearsHas BeensFactsTimeMorningDiscoveryYears AgoStriveWorthyAwakeningToiling Author:James Whitcomb Riley
“Spoken of the young Archimedes: . . . [he] was as much enchanted by the rudiments of algebra as he would have been if I had given him an engine worked by steam, with a methylated spirit lamp to heat the boiler; more enchanted, perhaps for the engine would have got broken, and, remaining always itself, would in any case have lost its charm, while the rudiments of algebra continued to grow and blossom in his mind with an unfailing luxuriance. Every day he made the discovery of something which seemed to him exquisitely beautiful; the new toy was inexhaustible in its potentialities.” IfsMindHas BeensMadeBeautifulYoungSpiritLostGivenGrowsCasesBrokenDiscoveryHeatCharmEnginesToysLampsSteamEnchantedAlgebraBoilerNew Toys Author:Archimedes
“Modesty teaches us to speak of the ancients with respect, especially when we are not very familiar with their works. Newton, who knew them practically by heart, had the greatest respect for them, and considered them to be men of genius and superior intelligence who had carried their discoveries in every field much further than we today suspect, judging from what remains of their writings. More ancient writings have been lost than have been preserved, and perhaps our new discoveries are of less value than those that we have lost.” MenWritingHeartHas BeensTodayValuesLostSpeakTeachFieldsJudgingGeniusDiscoveryRemainsAncientFamiliarSuperiorsSuspectsModestyBe A ManNewtonNew DiscoveriesSuperior Intelligence Author:Francis Atterbury
“My greatest discovery has been my love of boredom and to get fun out of it.” Has BeensFunDiscoveryBoredom Author:Julien Torma