Scientifically Speaking. A Dictionary of Quotations
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Author(s): C. Gaither and A. Cavazos-Gaither
Publisher: Institute of Physics
ISBN: 075030636X
Format: softback
482pp
Price: £19.95
Review Date: 06 June 2000
Review: Here are the collected words of wisdom of several hundred scientists, writers, philosophers, poets and academics. It aims to be a guide to what has been said about science throughout the ages. The quotes are arranged alphabetically by subject - from 'abstraction', through 'paradigm' and 'reason' and many other topics, to 'understanding'. Among the many examples are: '..equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure science' (Edwin Hubble), and 'it takes a long time to understand nothing' (Edward Dahlberg).