“Physics was the first of the natural sciences to become fully modern and highly mathematical.Chemistry followed in the wake of physics, but biology, the retarded child, lagged far behind.” FirstsChildrenNaturalBehindsModernPhysicsMathematicalBiologyChemistryNatural ScienceRetarded Author:Michael Crichton
“The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry.” FactsTermModernMovementUltimateAimPhysicsBiologyChemistry Author:Francis Crick
“It is beyond a doubt that during the sixteenth century, and the years immediately preceding and following it, poisoning had been brought to a pitch of perfection which remains unknown to modern chemistry, but which is indisputably proved by history. Italy, the cradle of modern science, was at that time, the inventor and mistress of these secrets, many of which are lost.” YearsLostSecretHistoryDoubtModernCenturyPerfectionRemainsFollowingChemistryMistressInventorCradleModern SciencePoisoning Author:Honore de Balzac
“Asbestos, EMFs, and CFCs have given us a degree of humility. When yesterday's "triumph of modern chemistry" turns out instead to be today's deadly threat to the global environment, it is legitimate to ask what else we don't know.” KnowsTodayTurnsAsksGivenEnvironmentModernHumilityDegreesThreatEnvironmentalYesterdayTriumphChemistryPollutionAsbestos Author:Denis Hayes
“Religion and science, for example, are often though to be opponents, but as I have shown, the insights of ancient religions and of modern science are both needed to reach a full understanding of human nature and the conditions of human satisfaction. The ancients may have known little about biology, chemistry, physics, but many were good psychologists.” HumansMayLittlesUnderstandingKnownModernConditionsHuman NatureExampleNeededAncientSatisfactionInsightPhysicsOpponentsBiologyChemistryScience And ReligionPsychologistModern Science Book:The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom Source: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom