The most remarkable discovery ever made by scientists was science itself. – Jacob Bronowski
Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime. – Jacob Bronowski
The most remarkable discovery ever made by scientists was science itself. – Jacob Bronowski
Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime. – Jacob Bronowski
Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man. – Jacob Bronowski
We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do. – Jacob Bronowski
Im crazy about Grant: his character, his nature, his science in fighting and everything else. But I dont like the idea that he never accepted the blame for anything, always found someone else to blame for any mistake that was ever made, including blaming Prentiss for Shiloh. – Shelby Foote