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“If it is possible to have a linear unit that depends on no other quantity, it would seem natural to prefer it. Moreover, a mensural unit taken from the earth itself offers another advantage, that of being perfectly analogous to all the real measurements that in ordinary usage are also made upon the earth, such as the distance between two places or the area of some tract, for example. It is far more natural in practice to refer geographical distances to a quadrant of a great circle than to the length of a pendulum.”

“Shall an invention be patented or donated to the public freely? I have known some well-meaning scientific men ... to look askance at the patenting of inventions, as if it were a rather selfish and ungracious act, essentially unworthy. The answer is very simple. Publish an invention freely, and it will almost surely die from lack of interest in its development. It will not be developed and the world will not be benefited. Patent it, and if valuable, it will be taken up and developed into a business.”

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Author:Elihu Thomson

“Science is not ... a perfect instrument, but it is a superb and invaluable tool that works harm only when taken as an end in itself.”

Ends Science Perfect Taken Tools Instruments Harm Invaluable Superb

Author:Carl Jung

“Hitherto the principle of causality was universally accepted as an indispensable postulate of scientific research, but now we are told by some physicists that it must be thrown overboard. The fact that such an extraordinary opinion should be expressed in responsible scientific quarters is widely taken to be significant of the all-round unreliability of human knowledge. This indeed is a very serious situation.”

Source: The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics

“I have taken the stand that nobody can be always wrong, but it does seem to me that I have approximated so highly that I am nothing short of a negative genius.”

Doe Seems Science Taken Genius Negative Errors Always Wrong

Book:Wild Talents

Source: Wild Talents

“Whatever a scientist is doing - reading, cooking, talking, playing - science thoughts are always there at the edge of the mind. They are the way the world is taken in; all that is seen is filtered through an everpresent scientific musing.”

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Book:Women in Science: Then and Now

Source: Women in Science: Then and Now

“I do not believe there is any one study that can be taken up that will broaden the imagination, that will be the source from which will spring more deep thinking and sincere research than the study of astronomy.”

Thinking Believe Science Imagination Study Taken Source Spring Research Astronomy Sincere Deep Thinking

Author:Gene Stratton-Porter

“Life is a thin narrowness of taken-for-granted, a plank over a canyon in a fog. There is something under our feet, the taken-for-granted. A table is a table, food is food, we are we - because we don't question these things. And science is the enemy because it is the questioner. Faith saves our souls alive by giving us a universe of the taken-for-granted.”

Life Giving Soul Science Life Is Universe Enemy Taken Alive Feet Tables Granted Fog Taken For Granted Canyons

Author:Rose Wilder Lane

“A schism has taken place among the chemists. A particular set of them in France have undertaken to remodel all the terms of the science, and to give every substance a new name, the composition, and especially the termination of which, shall define the relation in which it stands to other substances of the same family.”

Giving Science Names Term Taken Particular Relation France Substance Composition Chemist Nomenclature Termination Schism

Book:Memoirs, 2: Correspondence and Private Papers

Source: Memoirs, 2: Correspondence and Private Papers

“Nature. As the word is now commonly used it excludes nature's most interesting productions-the works of man. Nature is usually taken to mean mountains, rivers, clouds and undomesticated animals and plants. I am not indifferent to this half of nature, but it interests me much less than the other half.”

Men Mean Science Used Interest Nature Animal Interesting Half Taken Mountain Rivers Plant Clouds Productions Indifferent Most Interesting Other Half

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)