Science Quotes
Discovery, wonder, and the relentless pursuit of understanding how the world works.
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"Nature's laws are written in chemistry."Alfred Hershey
"Life is chemistry organized with purpose."Alfred Hershey
"Cells divide; life continues."Alfred Hershey
"Understanding the phage changed biology forever."Alfred Hershey
"Life's instructions are written in DNA."Alfred Hershey
"Life perpetuates through copying, not through magic."Alfred Hershey
"The laboratory window opens onto infinity."Alfred Hershey
"Life's complexity emerges from elegant simplicity."Alfred Hershey
"Replication with variation is the recipe for life."Alfred Hershey
"Nature's code is written in four letters."Alfred Hershey
"Life depends on the faithful transmission of information."Alfred Hershey
"The most important thing is to observe. If you observe you will see."Sydney Brenner
"The smallest organisms hold the greatest secrets."Sydney Brenner
"The smallest detail may unlock the greatest mystery."Sydney Brenner
"The universe operates on principles we are privileged to discover."Sydney Brenner
"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."Max Delbrück
"The real problem is that the way the world works, as described by modern physics, cannot be adequately and fundamentally explained in terms of classical concepts."Max Delbrück
"A scientist's aim in writing is to inform."Max Delbrück
"The essential question is not whether the mind can be explained by physics, but whether physics can be adequately explained without reference to the mind."Max Delbrück
"Science requires both imagination and rigorous thinking."Max Delbrück
"A molecule is not anything mysterious. It is just atoms stuck together by electrical forces."Max Delbrück
"Every question we ask nature must be answerable in physical terms."Max Delbrück
"The physicist's task is to find the rules of the game."Max Delbrück
"The universe operates according to physical laws."Max Delbrück
"Science is humanity's greatest achievement."Max Delbrück
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life"Hermann Muller
"Science is the pursuit of understanding how the universe works."Oswald Avery
"The greatest discoveries often hide in plain sight."Oswald Avery
"Science is organized curiosity about how things really work."Oswald Avery
"The nerve growth factor opened up a whole new world of understanding about how our bodies develop and repair themselves."Rita Levi-Montalcini