“My title is intended to suggest that the community of scientists is organized in a way which resembles certain features of a body politic and works according to economic principles similar to those by which the production of material goods is regulated.” WayBodyCertainCommunityPrinciplesEconomicMaterialsScientistProductionsTitlesFeaturesOrganizedGoods Author:Michael Polanyi
“In some ways I'm a frustrated scientist or mathematician. The amount of times I've thought I'd go back to university and do theoretical physics because I like the big questions, but really I know now that that's not quite me. What's me is to do it in novels.” KnowsWayBigsNovelAmountScientistUniversityPhysicsFrustratedMathematicianTheoreticalBig QuestionsTheoretical Physics Author:Scarlett Thomas
“A scientist said, making a plea for exchange scholarships between nations, "The best way to send an idea is to wrap it up in a person." That was what happened at Christmas. The idea of divine love was wrapped up in a person.” WayPersonsSaidIdeasHappenedDivineScientistBest WayChristmasDivine LoveWrapsChristmas DayChristmas LoveChristmas MagicHoliday TraditionsReligious ChristmasMeaning Of Christmas Author:Halford Luccock
“We have to deal with this new type of threat in a way we haven’t yet defined. . . . With a low-probability, high-impact event like this . . . If there’s a one percent chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response.” IfsWayHelpingTermChanceDealsEventsHavensTypeWeaponsLowsPercentScientistTreatsImpactThreatResponseNuclearDefinedCertaintyAlsNuclear WeaponsProbabilityAl Qaeda Author:Dick Cheney
“A lot of scientists on Earth think of things that they could do in zero g. Things like the way metals cure, for example, and the way fluids react in space can tell us a lot about some of the unknowns we have on Earth.” ThinkingWayEarthSpaceExampleScientistCuresZeroMetalsFluid Author:Kevin A. Ford
“Women tend to be more intuitive, or to admit to being intuitive, and maybe the hard science approach isn't so attractive. The way that science is taught is very cold. I would never have become a scientist if I had been taught like that.” IfsWayHardTaughtColdApproachScientistAttractiveIntuitive Author:Jane Goodall
“The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of more than 2,500 scientists) has provided the world community with first class assessments of the soaring temperatures the world is facing, the devastating impacts of these rises and the ways in which we can try and avoid the worst effects of global warming. We now know climate change is real and the hand of humankind in this warming is becoming clearer and clearer.” KnowsWorldWayTryingFirstsRealHandsCommunityClassGroupsWorstEffectsBecomingScientistImpactClimateClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingHumankindSoarTemperatureAssessmentFirst Class Author:Klaus Topfer