One must do no violence to nature, nor model it in conformity to any blindly formed chimera.
Janos BolyaiThe mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.
Reinhold NiebuhrWe receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them.
Chauncey WrightWe had an erector set, and I was an avid fan of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science magazines.
James Van AllenIt is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.
Jean Rostand