My dad was a scientist. More than that: my dad grew up in a tiny terraced house in Swansea, the only child of a second-generation immigrant family - his father sold cloth, zips and buttons from door to door - and so science - biochemistry at Swansea University, followed by a PhD at Imperial College - was his way out, his way up.
Copy QuoteOur scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Copy Quote View & ShareScience and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.
Copy Quote View & ShareA scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
Copy Quote View & ShareScience is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in.
Copy Quote View & ShareScientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
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