“Why is it that Serge Lange's Linear Algebra, published by no less a Verlag than Springer, ostentatiously displays the sale of a few thousand copies over a period of fifteen years, while the same title by Seymour Lipschutz in the The Schaum's Outlines will be considered a failure unless it brings in a steady annual income from the sale of a few hundred thousand copies in twenty-six languages?” YearsScienceLanguagePeriodsThousandSixHundredTwentiesMathematicsIncomeTitlesCopiesSteadyDisplayFifteenOutlinesLinearAnnualsAlgebraFifteen Years Author:Gian-Carlo Rota
“Man! What are you? Who are you? Just a shadow in this universe! You always forget this and the truth will always remind you what you really are! Do you want to be a real thing, not just a shadow? Improve your science ten thousand times; improve your science hundred thousand times! If you can't improve your science, you will remain as a miserable shadow!” IfsMenWantRealScienceUniverseForgetThousandTenHundredShadowMiserableReal Things Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Ratbert (as lab rat, to scientist): Doc, we have to talk. Every day you feed me over a hundred pounds of macaroni and cheese. At first I thought you were just being a good host. But lately I've been thinking it could be something far more sinister.” ThinkingFirstsScienceHundredScientistExperimentsPoundsHostJust BeingCheeseRatsLabsSinisterMacaroniMacaroni And Cheese Author:Scott Adams
“For five hundred dollars, I'll name a subatomic particle after you. Some of my satisfied customers include Arthur C. Quark and George Meson.” ScienceNamesFiveHundredDollarsCustomersSatisfiedParticlesArthurSubatomic ParticlesSatisfied CustomersQuarks Author:Scott Adams
“Mr. Hillaire Belloc has pointed out that science has changed greatly, and for the worse, since it became popular. Some hundred years ago, or more, only very unusual, highly original spirits were attracted to science at all; scientific work was therefore carried out by men of exceptional intelligence. Now, scientists are turned out by mass production in our universities.” MenYearsScienceSpiritChangeChangedMassHundredYears AgoScientistOriginalsUniversityProductionsUnusualExceptionalMass Production Author:Anthony Standen
“There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.” ShouldSciencePoliticalUsedStarsNumbersLearningHugeHundredDiscoveryEconomicsBillionsUsed To BeEconomistGalaxyDeficitHuge Numbers Author:Richard P. Feynman
“You may reasonably expect a man to walk a tightrope safely for ten minutes; it would be unreasonable to do so without accident for two hundred years.” MenYearsMayTwoWould BeScienceWalksMinutesTenHundredAccidentsUnreasonable Author:Bertrand Russell