“The discovery which has been pointed to by theory is always one of profound interest and importance, but it is usually the close and crown of a long and fruitful period, whereas the discovery which comes as a puzzle and surprise usually marks a fresh epoch and opens a new chapter in science.” LongHas BeensScienceInterestTheoryPeriodsDiscoveryImportanceMarkSurpriseProfoundChaptersCrownsPuzzlesEpoch Author:Oliver Lodge
“A rare book at once of great importance and wonderful to read.... Gould presents a fascinating historical study of scientific racism, tracing it through monogeny and polygeny, phrenology , recapitulation, and hereditarian IQ theory. He stops at each point to illustrate both the logical inconsistencies of the theories and the prejudicially motivated, albeit unintentional, misuse of data in each case.... A major addition to the scientific literature.” BookLiteratureCasesStudyWonderfulTheoryMajorsRacismImportanceHistoricalDataFascinatingLogicalMotivatedMisuseInconsistencyTracingPhrenologyRecapitulation Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“Our new economic approach is rooted in ideas which stress the importance of macro-economics, post neo-classical endogenous growth theory and the symbiotic relationships between growth and investment, and people and infrastructure.” PeopleIdeasGrowthEconomicTheoryApproachEconomicsImportanceStressInvestmentPostsRootedInfrastructureMacro Author:Gordon Brown
“A book that I rate only second in importance in evolution theory to Darwin 's Origin (this as joined with its supplement Of Man), and also rate as undoubtedly one of the greatest books of the twentieth century” MenBookCenturyTheoryEvolutionImportanceRateTwentieth CenturySupplementsGreatest Book Author:Ronald Fisher
“Among the numerous requisites that must concur to complete an author, few are of more importance than an early entrance into the living world. The seed of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public. Argumentation may be taught in colleges, and theories formed in retirement; but the artifice of embellishment and the powers of attraction can be gained only by a general converse.” WorldWritingMayTaughtCollegeTheorySolitudeImportanceSeedsAttractionRetirementEntrancesConversesArtificePower Of AttractionArgumentationEmbellishmentConcur Book:Selected poetry and prose Source: Selected poetry and prose
“As regards the efficacy of the art and the theories of it, I promise and expect that in these volumes I shall undoubtedly show myself of very considerable importance not only to builders but also to all scholars.” ArtShowsTheoryPromiseImportanceRegardScholarVolumeI PromiseBuilderEfficacy Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“In view of the importance of philanthropy in our society, it is surprising that so little attention has been given to it by economic or social theorists. In economic theory, especially, the subject is almost completely ignored. This is not, I think, because economists regard mankind as basically selfish or even because economic man is supposed to act only in his self-interest; it is rather because economics has essentially grown up around the phenomenon of exchange and its theoretical structure rests heavily on this process.” ThinkingMenLittlesHas BeensSelfGivenSocialProcessInterestViewsAttentionEconomicSubjectsMankindTheoryEconomicsImportanceRegardStructureSelfishOur SocietyPhenomenonSurprisingPhilanthropyIgnoredEconomistTheoreticalSelf InterestTheoristsEconomic Theory Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“The confusion between temperament and character has had serious consequences for ethical theory. Preferences with regard to differences in temperament are mere matters of subjective taste. But differences in character are ethically of the most fundamental importance.” MatterCharacterDifferencesSeriousTheoryTasteConsequenceImportanceRegardFundamentalsMereConfusionEthicalPreferenceSubjectiveTemperament Book:Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics Source: Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics
“The main importance of Francis Bacon's influence does not lie in any peculiar theory of inductive reasoning which he happened to express, but in the revolt against second-hand information of which he was a leader.” DoeHandsLyingLeaderHappenedInfluenceInformationTheoryImportanceReasoningPeculiarRevoltSecond Hand Book:Aims of Education Source: Aims of Education