If you've read a lot of vintage science fiction, as I have at one time or another in my life, you can't help but realise how wrong we get it.... →
William Gibson
Science fiction was one of those places, particularly during the McCarthy era, where you could write whatever you wanted because it was beneath... →
The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
Walter Gilbert
Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.
Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself.
Scientists tend to be skeptical, but the weakness of the community of science is that it tends to move into preformed establishment modes that say... →
I think it's unfortunate when people say that there is just one true story of science. For one thing, there are many different sciences, and... →
Ian Hacking
I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books.
Mark Haddon
Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer.
I thought Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' was remarkable. Managing to be entertaining while still delivering all... →