Logo
Quote by John Polkinghorne
I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didnt leave science be

I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didnt leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt Id done my bit for it after about twenty-five years. – John Polkinghorne

Other quotes by John Polkinghorne

I also think we need to maintain distinctions – the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. – John Polkinghorne

Category:
Science
Author
John Polkinghorne
Read Quote

Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you cant construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history. – John Polkinghorne

Category:
Age
Author
John Polkinghorne
Read Quote

Of course, Einstein was a very great scientist indeed, and I have enormous respect for him, and great admiration for the discoveries he made. But he was very committed to a view of the objectivity of the physical world. – John Polkinghorne

Category:
respect
Author
John Polkinghorne
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Science
category

The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began. – Phillip E. Johnson

Category:
Science

I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of ones contributions to computer science. – Donald Knuth

Category:
Science

I shall mention Nissl – Alois Alzheimer

Category:
Science

Every discovery in science is a tacit criticism of things as they are. That is why the wise man is invariably called the fool. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

Category:
Science

Random Quotes

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Category:
Heart

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. – J.B. Priestley

Category:
Advertising

If you dont change, then whats the point of anything happening to you? – Doug Coupland

Category:
Change

The more I see of man, the more I like dogs. – Mme. de Staël

Category:
Dogs