Science Quotes

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"I found more beauty in a well-designed experiment than in any work of art."
Chien-Shiung Wu
"Science has shown me that there is always more to discover, always more to learn."
Chien-Shiung Wu
"The experimental method teaches us that evidence is sacred."
Chien-Shiung Wu
"The laboratory is where theory meets reality, and truth emerges."
Chien-Shiung Wu
"Great science requires not just intelligence but also tremendous character."
Chien-Shiung Wu
"I have found that the most important tool in science is not an instrument, but a question."
Chien-Shiung Wu
"In the end, science is about understanding ourselves and our place in the cosmos."
Chien-Shiung Wu
"The principles of physics govern not just matter, but the conduct of the scientist."
Chien-Shiung Wu
"The experimental method is democratic; it listens to all evidence equally."
Chien-Shiung Wu
"Science is the most human of all endeavors because it embodies our desire to understand."
Chien-Shiung Wu
"The universe is a great big place, and there's a lot to be learned about it."
Vera Rubin
"I have always believed that astrophysics should be a fun thing."
Vera Rubin
"Science progresses best when observations force us to change our preconceptions."
Vera Rubin
"The most interesting thing we can do as scientists is the unpredictable."
Vera Rubin
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"The brain is a three-pound universe."
Francis Crick
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"Consciousness is not a mystery, it's a problem to be solved."
Francis Crick
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"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."
Francis Crick
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"We should abandon the idea that the brain works like a computer."
Francis Crick
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"You're a collection of chemicals held together by electrical forces."
Francis Crick
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"The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry."
Francis Crick
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"Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved."
Francis Crick
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"The brain is the most complex object in the known universe."
Francis Crick
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"DNA is the molecule of life itself."
Francis Crick
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"Evolution is as fact as well-established as any in science."
Francis Crick
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"Aromatase is a very interesting enzyme."
Francis Crick
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"The nature of consciousness remains one of science's greatest unsolved problems."
Francis Crick
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"The central question in molecular biology is how information in DNA is transferred to protein."
Francis Crick
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"We should be trying to understand what the brain does with information."
Francis Crick
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"The chemical basis of life is not magic, it is chemistry."
Francis Crick
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"The gene is not the unit of selection, the organism is."
Francis Crick