Every Judgment In Science Stands On The

The Most Remarkable Discovery Ever Made By Scientists Is Science Itself. The Discovery Must Be Compared In Importance With The Invention Of Cave-painting And Of Writing.

We Have To Understand That The World Can Only Be Grasped By Action, Not By Contemplation. The Hand Is More Important Than The Eye ... The Hand Is The Cutting Edge Of The Mind.

Every Animal Leaves Traces Of What It Was; Man Alone Leaves Traces Of What He Created.

Many Theories Of The Ancient World Seem Terribly Childish Today, A Hodge-podge Of Fables And False Comparisons.but Our Theories Will Seem Childish Five-hundred Years From Now.every Theory Is Based On Some Analogy, And Sooner Or Later The Theory Fails Because The Analogy Turns Out To Be False. A Theory In Its Day Helps To Solve The Problems Of The Day.

It Is Often Said That The Progression From Simple To Complex Runs Counter To The Normal Statistics Of Chance That Are Formalized In The Second Law Of Thermodynamics. Strictly Speaking, We Could Avoid This Criticism Simply By Insisting That The Second Law Does Not Apply To Living Systems In The Environment In Which We Find Them. For The Second Law Applies Only When There Is No Overall Flow Of Energy Into Or Out Of A System, Whereas All Living Systems Are Sustained By A Net Inflow Of Energy.