Quotes by Serge Lang

About Serge Lang:

Serge Lang is known for his work in number theory and for his mathematics textbooks, including the influential Algebra. He was a member of the Bourbaki group.
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I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground.

Serge Lang

Of course, there are diseases of which people die.

Serge Lang

There exist thousands of Americans who have AIDS-defining diseases but are HIV negative.

Serge Lang

Questions have also arisen about AIDS being transmitted to hemophiliacs via blood transfusions.

Serge Lang

Of course, screening for HIV did essentially eliminate the transmission of this virus by transfusions.

Serge Lang

Aside from all that, we recall that antibodies to malaria and other diseases prevalent in Africa show up as HIV-positive on tests.

Serge Lang

Roughly speaking, this hypothesis asks whether drug use causes some of the diseases officially associated with AIDS, such as immunodeficiency and Kaposi's sarcoma.

Serge Lang

Originally, in the early eighties, the drug hypothesis was among the first which occurred to scientists.

Serge Lang

To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain technical matters.

Serge Lang

If Baltimore's view, that scientists who do not take the words of authorities are far removed from the ordinary behavior of scientists, prevails in the scientific community, then something fundamental, very serious, and very disturbing is happening t...

Serge Lang

They cannot count on the press and they cannot count on Congressional committees to bring the problems of the scientific community to their own attention, or to police the scientific community.

Serge Lang

I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior.

Serge Lang

Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us.

Serge Lang

What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.

Serge Lang

Author Bio

  • NameSerge Lang
  • Descriptionmathematician
  • BornMay 19, 1927
  • DiedSeptember 12, 2005
  • CountryFrance; United States Of America
  • ProfessionMathematician
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship