Hunger And Sex Still Dominate The Primitive

The Greater The Man, The More He Is Soaked In The Atmosphere Of His Time; Only Thus Can He Get A Wide Enough Grasp Of It To Be Able To Change Substantially The Pattern Of Knowledge And Action.

In Science Men Have Learned Consciously To Subordinate Themselves To A Common Purpose Without Losing The Individuality Of Their Achievements. Each One Knows That His Work Depends On That Of His Predecessors And Colleagues, And That It Can Only Reach Its Fruition Through The Work Of His Successors. In Science Men Collaborate Not Because They Are Forced To By Superior Authority Or Because They Blindly Follow Some Chosen Leader, But Because They Realize That Only In This Willing Collaboration Can Each Man Find His Goal.

As A Scientist Miss [rosalind] Franklin Was Distinguished By Extreme Clarity And Perfection In Everything She Undertook. Her Photographs Are Among The Most Beautiful X-ray Photographs Of Any Substance Ever Taken.

The Very Bulk Of Scientific Publications Is Itself Delusive. It Is Of Very Unequal Value; A Large Proportion Of It, Possibly As Much As Three-quarters, Does Not Deserve To Be Published At All, And Is Only Published For Economic Considerations Which Have Nothing To Do With The Real Interests Of Science.

The Beauty Of Life Is, Therefore, Geometrical Beauty Of A Type That Plato Would Have Much Appreciated.