“The worth of a new idea is invariably determined, not by the degree of its intuitiveness-which incidentally, is to a major extent a matter of experience and habit-but by the scope and accuracy of the individual laws to the discovery of which it eventually leads.” IdeasMatterLawScienceIndividualHabitDegreesMajorsDiscoveryExperienceDeterminedNew IdeasScopeAccuracy Book:Scientific Autobiography: and Other Papers Source: Scientific Autobiography: and Other Papers
“'You might think of combinatorics as a machine too', the major says. 'A different sort of machine, though. Have you heard of Babbage's analytic engine? He never built it. ... I have an analytic machine of my own-right here.' He taps his own skull.” ThinkingDifferentMightScienceMy OwnHeardMajorsBuiltMachinesMathematicsEnginesSkullsAnalytics Author:David Leavitt
“Computers are here to stay. It is a major challenge for the future to use computers efficiently in combinatorics without losing its special appeal.” UseScienceChallengesSpecialComputerMajorsLosingMathematicsAppeals Author:Noga Alon
“Only in high school when I began programming computers, did I become interested in tech and start-ups, which led me to attend Stanford and major in Computer Science.” SchoolScienceComputerMajorsHigh SchoolProgrammingComputer ScienceStanford Author:Clara Shih
“Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.” FunnyScienceThreeLostWorkBreakObjectsComputerMajorsDown AndCategoriesBreaking DownBreak UpLost FriendshipInanimate Objects Author:Russell Baker
“The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.” TogetherScienceNextTalkingComputerMajorsFunctionSubstanceExplosionsGeneticsChange ManagementFuture ShockSemiconductors Author:Alvin Toffler
“How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, “This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant?” Instead they say, “No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.” A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths.” WayWantLittlesSaidGodMightAbleScienceReligionUniverseModernMajorsDrawsBiggerProphetAweSubtleReverenceConventionalReservesElegantStressedCosmologyWant HimModern ScienceOrganized ReligionMagnificencePale Blue DotSubtle AtheistAstronomy And Universe Author:Carl Sagan
“Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.” HumansScienceReligionAnswersAtheismMajorsAtheistSurvivedSubtle Atheist Author:Christopher Hitchens