"We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because our sight is superior or because we are taller than they, but because they raise us up, and by their great stature add to ours." This tumblr's for all the great men and women of science for whom we owe our current understanding of the natural world; their achievements, their failures, and even their quirks, we celebrate them all.
For Science. For Inquiry. For Humanity.
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Science.
Instantly recognizable, difficult to define.
Maria Popova has collected a multitude of perspectives and definitions from some of science’s greatest minds. They touch on creativity, fear of failure, curious ignorance, mystery and more.
Here’s one from physicist and mathematician Max Born that I contributed:
Science is not formal logic — it needs the free play of the mind in as great a degree as any other creative art. It is true that this is a gift which can hardly be taught, but its growth can be encouraged in those who already possess it.
Bookmark this list, and make it part of your journey of discovery.
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