Quotes about british-scientist
british-scientist preferred
Many transition states have a well-defined preferred geometrical requirement.
british-scientist concerned lifelong media radiation remained research
My first research was concerned with propagation of radiation through inhomogeneous transparent media and this has remained a lifelong interest. Antony Hewish
british-scientist enormous fact literature properly
There was an enormous literature of stereochemical fact which had not been interpreted properly in its three-dimensional aspects.
british-scientist
I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life. Jean-Michel Basquiat
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The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does not exist, and is, in fact, philosophically inconceivable. Alfred Russel Wallace
british-scientist receive
To expect the world to receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without challenging it, is to look for one of those miracles which do not occur.
british-scientist definite existence knowledge organic remains repeated species teaches time
Moreover, all our knowledge of organic remains teaches us, that species have a definite existence, and a centralization in geological time as well as in geographical space, and that no species is repeated in time. Edward Forbes
british-scientist cause speculate store study undergo
We speculate as to what is in store for us. But we not only undergo events, we in part cause them or at least influence their course. We have not only to study them but to act. Emily Greene Balch
british-scientist cause closely commission connected less medical modern nations noticeable population scientific special study united
Another cause of change, one less noticeable but fundamental, is the modern growth of population closely connected with scientific and medical discoveries. It is interesting that the United Nations has set up a special Commission to study this question.
british-scientist common deal either vast
Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common.
british-scientist efficient great instrument language vehicle
Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.
british-scientist discovery suggested
The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.
british-scientist learned mistakes
I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.
british-scientist daughter fair grace messenger returning soft soon weeping
Come, fair repentance, daughter of the skies! Soft harbinger of soon returning virtue; The weeping messenger of grace from heaven. Thomas Browne
british-scientist came camp contented lions night number roaring round themselves
During our first night in the new camp a number of lions came round to investigate. The lions contented themselves by roaring at us. Louis Leakey
british-scientist classify easy growing physical trend violent
Another very interesting trend which it is not easy to classify is the growing repudiation of coercion, especially of violent or physical coercion.
british-scientist exciting francis ideas office sharing spent
I spent 20 years sharing an office with Francis Crick and many new and exciting ideas (both right and wrong) were generated from our conversations. Sydney Brenner
british-scientist chair complete edinburgh offered southern surprise university
At the end of the 1980s as a complete surprise my old Edinburgh friend, Ed Southern offered me the Chair of Microbiology at the University of Oxford. Paul Nurse
british-scientist general predicted preferred principles state
In general the preferred conformation in the crystalline state is that which would be predicted by the principles of conformational analysis.
british-scientist class failed final surgery third year
In my final year I failed Medicine, scraped through Surgery but got a First Class in the third subject, Obstetrics and Gynecology.
british-scientist discharge frequency merely motor suppress thus
In some units it may suppress the motor discharge altogether, in some it may merely slow the motor discharge thus lessening the wave frequency of the contraction and so the tension. Charles Scott Sherrington
british-scientist idol proof pure whom
Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.
british-scientist eternal nature theory
The mechanistic theory of nature is a theory of nature, and one that I think is wrong, or at least too limited. It's not an eternal truth. Rupert Sheldrake
british-scientist contents crocodile cut human included laid stomach upwards
The crocodile was laid stomach upwards to be cut open. The stomach contents included bracelets, beads, necklaces, and indications of human meals.
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The first serious applications were in triterpenoid chemistry.