More From Francis Bacon
- "Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men."
- "Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise."
- "A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion."
More In Science
- "Without renouncing the support of physics, it is possible for the physiology of the senses, not only to pursue its own course of development, but also to afford to physical science itself powerful assistance."― Ernst Mach
- "Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science."― John Charles Polanyi
- "When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It’s like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then?"― Bill Nye