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There is no such thing as a unique scientific vision, any more than there is a unique poetic vision. Science is a mosaic of partial and conflicting visions.
Freeman Dyson1923–2020The Scientist As Rebel (2006), Part I: Contemporary Issues in Science, Ch. 1: “The Scientist as Rebel”
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
Thomas Edison1847–1931
During all those years of experimentation and research, I never once made a discovery. All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention, pure and simple.
Thomas Edison1847–1931On his research for the electric light bulb, as quoted in “Talks with Edison” by George Parsons Lathrop, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 80 (February 1890)
- Technology
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Albert Einstein1879–1955Science and Religion (1941)
- Religion
The more I study science, the more I believe in God.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
- God
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
- Technology
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
Albert Einstein1879–1955
Every day, man is making bigger and better fool-proof things, and every day, nature is making bigger and better fools. So far, I think nature is winning.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
- Nature
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.
Albert Einstein1879–1955Sidelights on Relativity (1922)
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
One may say “the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.”
Albert Einstein1879–1955From the article “Physics and Reality” (March 1936), reprinted in Out of My Later Years (1956)
One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike⁠—and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
Albert Einstein1879–1955Letter to Hans Muehsam (9 July 1951), Einstein Archives 38-408, quoted in The Ultimate Quotable Einstein (2010) by Alice Calaprice, p. 404
Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.
Albert Einstein1879–1955Essay to Leo Baeck (1953), Ideas and Opinions
- Knowledge
- Nature