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“I have just finished my sketch of my species theory. If as I believe that my theory is true & if it be accepted even by one competent judge, it will be a considerable step in science. I therefore write this, in case of my sudden death, as my most solemn & last request, which I am sure you will consider the same as if legally entered in my will, that you will devote 400£ to its publication & further will yourself, or through Hensleigh [Wedgwood], take trouble in promoting it.”

Source: On Evolution: The Development of the Theory of Natural Selection

“One of the most disturbing ways that climate change is already playing out is through what ecologists call "mismatch" or "mistiming." This is the process whereby warming causes animals to fall out of step with a critical food source, particularly at breeding times, when a failure to find enough food can lead to rapid population losses.”

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Author:Naomi Klein

“To derive two or three general Principles of Motion from Phænomena, and afterwards to tell us how the Properties and Actions of all corporeal Things follow from those manifest Principles, would be a very great step in Philosophy.”

Two Philosophy Would Be Action Science Three Steps Principles Property Phenomenon Manifest

Book:Opticks: A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light

Source: Opticks: A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light

“The whole strenuous intellectual work of an industrious research worker would appear, after all, in vain and hopeless, if he were not occasionally through some striking facts to find that he had, at the end of all his criss-cross journeys, at last accomplished at least one step which was conclusively nearer the truth.”

Ifs Ends Whole Facts Lasts Science Steps Journey Hard Work Intellectual Research Crosses Workers Vain Accomplishment Accomplished Hopeless Industrious

Author:Max Planck

“But it is certainly not possible to insist on one hand that the formalism is complete and to insist on the other hand that its application to 'the actual' actually demands a step which cannot be derived from it.”

Hands Science Steps Demand Application Mechanic Quantum Mechanics

Book:Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics

Source: Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics

“It is a common public relations gimmick to give the entire credit for the solution of famous problems to the one mathematician who is responsible for the last step.”

Giving Problem Lasts Science Common Steps Solutions Relation Responsible Mathematics Credit Mathematician Public Relations Gimmicks

Author:Gian-Carlo Rota

“It is given to few to add the store of knowledge, to strike new springs of thought, or to shape new forms of beauty. But so sure as it is that men live not by bread, but by ideas, so sure is it that the future of the world lies in the hands of those who are able to carry the interpretation of nature a step further than their predecessors.”

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Book:Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of Thomas Henry Huxley

Source: Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of Thomas Henry Huxley

“Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we arrive, at length, at God.”

Whole God Science Steps Creation Range Length Miscellaneous

Author:Margaret of Valois