In the post-enlightenment Europe of the 19th century the highest authority was no longer the Church. Instead it was science. Thus was born racial anti-Semitism based on two disciplines regarded as science in their day - the 'scientific study of race' and the Social Darwinism of Herbert Spencer and Ernst Haeckel.

This means that to entrust to science - or to deliberate control according to scientific principles - more than scientific method can achieve may have deplorable effects.

I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology and we should resist the temptation which sometimes scientists give in to to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science.

If Christianity is not scientific and Science is not God then there is no invariable law and truth becomes an accident.

Strictly speaking the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena.

Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories those that don't work those that break down and those that get lost.

A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day.

Of course the plea for respect for nonhuman life goes far beyond the scientific delight of familiarity with our planet mates. The nonhuman forms of life with which we 6 000 million talking upright apes share this finite planet are directly or indirectly connected to our well-being.

Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat leading to bad science and worse religion.

Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion but in time a scientific result will establish itself.

Kinsey was trying to study sex scientifically get rid of the overlay of culture and religion.

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity for if man's power is increased the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.

The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer.

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.

I scientifically engineer my music to be as accessible as possible.

Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions but you really climb for the hell of it.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

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.

Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.

I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior.