"Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed." ― Charles Babbage Topic(s): Science More From Charles Babbage "The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated; distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages." "To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance." "That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine." More In Science "Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science."― Bertolt Brecht "Science is but an image of the truth."― Francis Bacon "People, and especially theologians, should try to familiarize themselves with scientific ideas. Of course, science is technical in many respects, but there are some very good books that try to set out some of the conceptual structure of science."― John Polkinghorne