Science Quotes

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"Inheritance is not mystical but mathematical and observable"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"The gene is indivisible within the limits of our observation"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"Nature operates through patterns that mathematics can express"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"The hereditary and environmental effects must be carefully distinguished"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"Mathematics brings clarity to the confusion of living forms"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"The gene concept emerged from careful breeding experiments"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"Genes are not seen but their effects are unmistakable"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"Pure lines allow us to study nature's experiments under controlled conditions"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"Observation must be married to calculation for truth to emerge"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"The gene is real, though we may never see it directly"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"Genes link all living things through a common ancestry"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"Heredity follows rules as surely as planets follow their orbits"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"The scientist's task is to ask nature the right questions and listen carefully to her answers."
Max Delbrück
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"Science advances not by accumulating facts, but by asking better questions."
Max Delbrück
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"Science is the art of asking nature questions she cannot refuse to answer."
Max Delbrück
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"Science is the practice of organized curiosity and disciplined skepticism."
Max Delbrück
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"Mutation is the only source of novelty in evolution"
Hugo de Vries
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"The origin of species lies in the nature of variation"
Hugo de Vries
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"Every organism bears the mark of its ancestry"
Hugo de Vries
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"Every variation tells a story of adaptation"
Hugo de Vries
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"The strength of a theory lies in its simplicity"
Hugo de Vries
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"The greatest discoveries are often made by those who dare to question what others accept without examination."
Oswald Avery
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"The universe speaks in the language of chemistry; we are merely learning to translate."
Oswald Avery
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"The gene is the unit of life; it is the basis of all organization and all function in living things."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"Inheritance is not a mystery; it is a mechanism that can be understood through careful observation and experimentation."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"The chromosome is the bridge between the invisible world of inheritance and the visible world of living forms."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"In every living cell lies the entire history of life itself."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"To map the chromosome is to begin mapping the very essence of being."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"The smallest unit of heredity contains infinite complexity and mystery."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"The laboratory is where we ask nature her most intimate questions."
Thomas Hunt Morgan