"Science bestowed immense new powers on man,..." - Quote by Winston Churchill
Science bestowed immense new powers on man, and at the same time, created conditions which were largely beyond his comprehension.
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“It is impossible to obtain a conviction for sodomy from an English jury. Half of them don't believe that it can physically be done, and the other half are doing it.”
“In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.”
“An iron curtain has descended over Europe.”
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“Nobody knows how the stand of our knowledge about the atom would be without him. Personally, [Niels] Bohr is one of the amiable colleagues I have met. He utters his opinions like one perpetually groping and never like one who believes himself to be in possession of the truth.”
“It's always great when you want scientific fact to get a really good science fiction writer to talk to you about it.”
“Mathematics are well and good but Nature keeps dragging us around by the nose.”