Quote by Simon Newcomb
The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science a

The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war. – Simon Newcomb

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One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and simple an accident as that which led to the building of the great Washington telescope, and went on to the discovery of the satellites of Mars. – Simon Newcomb

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What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed. – Simon Newcomb

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The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of the night or morning and walked two miles to the observatory to make some observation included in the programme. – Simon Newcomb

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Science is a cemetery of dead ideas. – Miguel de Unamuno, The Tragic Sense of Life, 1913

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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science. – E. O. Wilson

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The most remarkable discovery ever made by scientists was science itself. – Jacob Bronowski

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Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. – Claude Bernard

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