Science Quotes

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"To understand a circle is to understand the infinite."
Euclid
"The invisible order of mathematics holds all visible things together."
Euclid
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"Science is like a house of cards; remove one and the whole structure collapses."
René Descartes
R
"Method is the most essential in mathematics and in all sciences dealing with the real world."
René Descartes
R
"Science progresses by replacing beautiful theories with true ones."
René Descartes
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"Mathematics is the queen of sciences, and number theory is the queen of mathematics."
Carl Friedrich Gauss
C
"The universe speaks to us in the language of mathematics; we must learn to listen."
Carl Friedrich Gauss
A
"The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God."
Archimedes
A
"Heavy objects and light objects fall with the same determination toward the earth."
Archimedes
A
"Water obeys mathematical laws as faithfully as soldiers obey their commanders."
Archimedes
A
"The lever proves that distance and force are siblings in the family of mechanics."
Archimedes
L
"Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe."
Leonhard Euler
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"A function of a variable quantity is an analytic expression composed in any way whatsoever of the variable quantity and numbers or constant quantities."
Leonhard Euler
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"Numbers are the measure of all things; through them we understand the universe."
Leonhard Euler
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"To understand the natural world, we must learn to read its mathematical language."
Leonhard Euler
L
"The universe is governed by laws that can be discovered through patient investigation."
Leonhard Euler
L
"The power of mathematics lies in its ability to reveal hidden patterns."
Leonhard Euler
L
"The universe operates according to laws that are discoverable through reason."
Leonhard Euler
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"The structure of atoms mirrors the structure of the cosmos."
Gottfried Leibniz
G
"Scientific inquiry reveals the mathematical harmony of creation."
Gottfried Leibniz
G
"Science is our attempt to read the mind of nature."
Gottfried Leibniz
C
"The universe is a clock, and we are but observers of its magnificent mechanism."
Christiaan Huygens
C
"Mathematics is the language in which nature speaks to those who listen."
Christiaan Huygens
C
"The invisible world shapes the visible one; understanding requires looking beyond appearance."
Christiaan Huygens
E
"The science of medicine is a noble pursuit, and women should be part of it."
Elizabeth Blackwell
J
"The chief aim of all investigations of the external world should be to discover the rational order and harmony which has been imposed on it by God."
Johannes Kepler
J
"I am much occupied with the investigation of the physical causes. My aim in this is to show that the celestial machine is not so much a divine organism as a divine mechanism."
Johannes Kepler
J
"Where there is matter, there is geometry."
Johannes Kepler
J
"The world is written in the language of mathematics, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures."
Johannes Kepler
J
"The mathematical laws of nature are the closest thing we have to reading God's thoughts."
Johannes Kepler