Quotes of: Rocket-science Keyword

I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job.

Marcus du Sautoy

Cooking is for chefs. Science informs us and lets us cook while knowing what we are doing, but it is not a replacement for the skills of a chef.

Nathan Myhrvold

Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science.

Peter Agre

We've heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of Star Trek in their science classrooms in order to engage the students.

Patrick Stewart

Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago.

Paul Samuelson

At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.

Queen Elizabeth II

I want very much to communicate science to as wide an audience as possible, but not at a cost of dumbing down, and not at a cost in getting things right.

Richard Dawkins

While fractal geometry is often used in high-tech science, its patterns are surprisingly common in traditional African designs.

Ron Eglash

Science or research is always under pressure to deliver something which can be used immediately for society.

Rolf-Dieter Heuer

Farmers were always generalists. They had to know science and commerce and all sorts of practical things.

Rush D. Holt, Jr.

But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.

Robert B. Laughlin

I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects.

Richard Powers

In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still absorbing its teachings.

Rudy Rucker

I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do.

Ridley Scott

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.

Samuel Butler

Indeed, I would feel that an appreciation of the arts in a conscious, disciplined way might help one to do science better.

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class - which wasn't such a bad deal.

Sylvia Earle

I have found far greater enthusiasm for science in America than here in Britain. There is more enthusiasm for everything in America.

Stephen Hawking

I have a better internal and intuitive understanding of folklore and myth than science and technology, so in that way fantasy is easier.

Sarah Zettel

I just am a huge cheerleader for getting kids interested in science and technology.

Vint Cerf