Science Quotes

"We cannot observe absolute quantities at all; we can only observe differences."

"In quantum theory, no elementary phenomenon is a phenomenon until it is a registered phenomenon."

"The properties of an atom will only show up when there is an interaction with another system."

"The closed world of the atom became a window on the vast mysteries of existence."

"What is a photon? It is what makes the light."

"Every experiment destroys the state which had existed before."

"The observer and the observed are never separate."

"Energy is not a substance; it is a concept which we define in order to understand nature."

"The task of science is not to invent explanations for spiritual worlds, but to describe the natural world."

"The continuous world of our experience becomes a mosaic of atoms and forces."

"The smallest units of matter behave in ways that defy our everyday intuitions."

"The electron does not have as much concreteness as a grain of sand."

"What we know is determined by how we ask the question."

"Science is the attempt to make the chaotic diversity of our sense experience correspond to a logically uniform system of thought."

"The universe reveals its secrets only to those who ask the right questions."

"Nature speaks in mathematics, but the language is not mathematical; it is symbolic."

"The world is full of unanswered questions, and that's precisely what makes science so exhilarating."

"We must read the rocks as a text written in the language of nature."

"Evolution explains the unity of life and its diversity."

"Scientific method requires both observation and reason."

"Science illuminates nature but cannot tell us how to live."

"Punctuality in evolutionary change suggests adaptive significance."

"Nature's complexity arises from simple recursive rules."

"The unity of life suggests common ancestry."

"Randomness at the molecular level produces order at the organismal level."

"Evolution explains both similarity and difference among organisms."

"The pattern of life's diversity reflects its evolutionary history."

"Science offers our best method for understanding nature."

"Evolution is the foundation of all biological understanding."

"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."