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“No language speaks to computers better than code, No language speaks of matter better than physics. No language speaks of mind better than neurology, No language speaks pattern better than mathematics. No language speaks of thought better than philosophy, No language speaks of emotion better than poetry. No language speaks of justice better than sociology, No language speaks of behavior better than psychology.”

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”

“The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.”

“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.”

“Chance favors the prepared mind.”

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.”

“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.”

“Curiosity has its own reason for existence.”

“The aim (of education) must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life problem.”

“A significant contribution to science pedagogy and to the scholarship of teaching and learning. ... [W]ill be of interest to researchers in the area of science education and to college and university faculty members who seek to improve their teaching.”

“Text is linear; it is black and white; it doesn't zoom around the page in 3-D; it isn't intelligent by itself; in fact, in terms of immediate reaction it is quite boring. I can't imagine a single preliterate was ever wowed at the first sight of text, and yet text has been the basis of arguably the most fundamental intellectual transformation of the human species. It and its subforms, such as algebra, have made science education for all a plausible goal.”

“The word constructionism is a mnemonic for two aspects of the theory of science education underlying this project. From constructivist theories of psychology we take a view of learning as a reconstruction rather than as a transmission of knowledge. Then we extend the idea of manipulative materials to the idea that learning is most effective when part of an activity the learner experiences as constructing a meaningful product.”

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.”

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”

“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.”

“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.”

“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”

“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”

“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.”

“One cannot help but be in awe when [one] contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.”

“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.”