Logo
Quote by Lewis Thomas
I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels

I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known. – Lewis Thomas

Other quotes by Lewis Thomas

It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks we still share genes around, and the resemblance of the enzymes of grasses to those of whales is in fact a family resemblance. – Lewis Thomas

Category:
Family
Author
Lewis Thomas
Read Quote

Our behavior toward each other is the strangest, most unpredictable, and most unaccountable of all the phenomena with which we are obliged to live. In all of nature, there is nothing so threatening to humanity as humanity itself. – Lewis Thomas

Category:
Nature
Author
Lewis Thomas
Read Quote

The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves most things, in fact, are better in the morning. – Lewis Thomas

Category:
great
Author
Lewis Thomas
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Science
category

One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war. – Paul Wolfowitz

Category:
Science

Its very strange writing science fiction in a world that moves as fast as ours does. – Daniel Keys Moran

Category:
Science

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce. – John F. Kennedy

Category:
Science

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer. – Alan Perlis

Category:
Science

Random Quotes

Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience. – George-Louis de Buffon

Category:
Genius
[M]editation is not just being silent—that is only one part of it…. [I]t has to be creative. And when a poetry comes out of your inner silences, or a painting, it has a flavor which is not of this world. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

Category:
Meditation

You follow any family around, youre going to see elation, youre going to see disharmony. – Joan Jett

Category:
Family

Ive always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor. – Barbara Feldon

Category:
finance