Science Is The Acceptance Of What Works

Man Is A Singular Creature. He Has A Set Of Gifts Which Make Him Unique Among The Animals, So That Unlike Them, He Is Not A Figure In The Landscape, He Is The Shaper Of The Landscape.

The Preoccupation With The Choice Of A Mate Both By Male And Female I Regard As A Continuing Echo Of The Major Selective Force By Which We Have Evolved.

Astronomy Is Not The Apex Of Science Or Of Invention. But It Is A Test Of The Cast Of Temperament And Mind That Underlies A Culture.

The World Today Is Made, It Is Powered By Science; And For Any Man To Abdicate An Interest In Science Is To Walk With Open Eyes Towards Slavery.

There Are Three Creative Ideas Which, Each In Its Turn, Have Been Central To Science. They Are The Idea Of Order, The Idea Of Causes, And The Idea Of Chance.