William Cecil Dampier Quotes

• But beyond the bright searchlights of science,
  Out of sight of the windows of sense,
  Old riddles still bid us defiance,
  Old questions of Why and of Whence.

  William Cecil Dampier

  Science, Sight, Window

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• It seemed as though the main framework had been put together once and for all, and that little remained to be done but to measure physical constants to the increased accuracy represented by another decimal point.

  William Cecil Dampier

  Together, Done, Littles

  William Cecil Dampier Dampier-Whetham M.A., F.R.S. (1931). “A History of Science and its Relations with Philosophy & Religion”

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• There seems no limit to research, for as been truly said, the more the sphere of knowledge grows, the larger becomes the surface of contact with the unknown.

  William Cecil Dampier

  Knowledge, Science, Research

  William Cecil Dampier Dampier-Whetham M.A., F.R.S. (1931). “A History of Science and its Relations with Philosophy & Religion”

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• Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think. Commenting on how an accident led to the discovery of X-rays.

  William Cecil Dampier

  Science, Thinking, Discovery

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• Si se dejan sin cultivar las tierras agrícolas, en pocos años vuelve la selva, y no faltan indicios de que un peligro similar acecha siempre a los campos del pensamiento, que, por el trabajo de trescientos años, han sido desbrozados y puestos en cultivo por los hombres de ciencia. La destrucción de un porcentaje muy pequeño de la población bastaría para aniquilar el conocimiento científico y llevarnos de nuevo a la creencia casi universal en la magia, la brujería y la astrología.

  William Cecil Dampier

  Mentir, Hombres, Años

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• The fundamental concepts of physical science, it is now understood, are abstractions, framed by our mind, so as to bring order to an apparent chaos of phenomena.

  William Cecil Dampier

  Science, Order, Mind

  William Cecil Dampier Dampier-Whetham M.A., F.R.S. (1931). “A History of Science and its Relations with Philosophy & Religion”

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