Science Quotes

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"The diurnal rotation of the earth is the most marvelous phenomenon of nature."
Galileo Galilei
"Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe."
Galileo Galilei
"The test of knowledge is experiment."
Galileo Galilei
"Sunspots are not illusions of the telescope but facts of nature."
Galileo Galilei
"The square of the period of any planet is proportional to the cube of the mean distance from the sun."
Galileo Galilei
"I would say that the claim to truth of any theoretical construct can be verified only through experimentation."
Galileo Galilei
"A single hair from a man's head might be thousands of times thicker than the width of an invisible little thing."
Galileo Galilei
"The starry messenger speaks to those with ears to hear."
Galileo Galilei
"A man of science must be like a child, full of wonder and humility."
Galileo Galilei
"The universe is a grand book written in mathematical symbols."
Galileo Galilei
"What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our line of questioning."
Galileo Galilei
"The proper role of science is to provide understanding of the natural world."
Galileo Galilei
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"The unusual nature of atmospheric radiation surprised us and we thus resolved to investigate it more thoroughly."
Marie Curie
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"The sciences have not yet spoken their last word. Who knows what discoveries and transformations await us?"
Marie Curie
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"Science belongs to humanity as a whole and progress in science is universal."
Marie Curie
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"Theoretical physics is a wonderful field, but experimental verification is essential."
Marie Curie
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"The study of radioactive elements has changed our understanding of matter itself."
Marie Curie
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"The discovery of new elements requires both luck and rigorous methodology."
Marie Curie
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"The universe speaks a language of mathematics and energy."
Marie Curie
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"The study of radioactivity has revealed the dynamic nature of matter."
Marie Curie
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"Mathematics is the language in which God wrote the universe."
Isaac Newton
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"I have not as yet been able to discover the cause of the properties of gravity from the phenomena, and I frame no hypotheses."
Isaac Newton
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"The book of nature is written in mathematical characters."
Isaac Newton
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"The universe is a symphony of strings vibrating in mathematical harmony."
Isaac Newton
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"The greatest mysteries lie not beyond science, but within the questions science asks."
Isaac Newton
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"Every effect must have a cause, even if we cannot perceive it."
Isaac Newton
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"Mathematics is the tool by which we measure truth."
Isaac Newton
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"The greatest discoveries begin with the smallest observations."
Isaac Newton
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"The universe speaks in riddles; science translates them."
Isaac Newton
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"The universe is more mysterious than we can imagine."
Isaac Newton