Logo
Quote by Paul Davies
The birth of science as we know it arguably began with Isaac Newto

The birth of science as we know it arguably began with Isaac Newtons formulation of the laws of gravitation and motion. It is no exaggeration to say that physics was reborn in the early 20th-century with the twin revolutions of quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity. – Paul Davies

Other quotes by Paul Davies

Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast, is based on faith. The term doubting Thomas well illustrates the difference. – Paul Davies

Category:
Faith
Author
Paul Davies
Read Quote

Cosmologists have attempted to account for the day-to-day laws you find in textbooks in terms of fundamental superlaws, but the superlaws themselves must still be accepted as brute facts. So maybe the ultimate laws of nature will always be off-limits to science. – Paul Davies

Category:
Science
Author
Paul Davies
Read Quote

Imagine a civilisation thats way in advance of us wants to communicate with us, and assist us in our development. The information we provide to them must reflect our highest aspirations and ideals, and not just be some crazy persons bizarre politics or religion. – Paul Davies

Category:
Politics
Author
Paul Davies
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Science
category

Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. Theres been an extraordinary advance. – Clifford Geertz

Category:
Science

Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life. – Mary Baker Eddy

Category:
Science

If Christianity is not scientific, and Science is not God, then there is no invariable law, and truth becomes an accident. – Mary Baker Eddy

Category:
Science

I have a better internal and intuitive understanding of folklore and myth than science and technology, so in that way fantasy is easier. – Sarah Zettel

Category:
Science

Random Quotes

Our subjective experience of time is highly variable. We all know that days can pass like weeks and months can feel like years, and that the opposite can be just as true: A month or year can zoom by in what feels like no time at all. – Joshua Foer

Category:
Experience

Parents are not interested in justice; they are interested in quiet. – Bill Cosby

Category:
Parents

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. – John F. Kennedy

Category:
fitness

In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age. – Tim Bishop

Category:
Science