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Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power."

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Ask an impertinent question and you are on the way to the pertinent answer."

Ask an impertinent question and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.




Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind."

Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty."

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.




Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "The hand is the cutting edge of the mind."

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye ... The hand is the cutting edge of the mind."

We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye ... The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Man masters nature not by force, but by understanding"

Man masters nature not by force, but by understanding




Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Dissent is the mark of freedom."

Dissent is the mark of freedom.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "A genius is a man who has two great ideas."

A genius is a man who has two great ideas.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "One aim of physical sciences had been to give an exact picture the material world. One achievement of physics in the twentieth century has been to prove that that aim is unattainable."

One aim of physical sciences had been to give an exact picture the material world. One achievement of physics in the twentieth century has been to prove that that aim is unattainable.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime."

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature."

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.




Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "There is no absolute knowledge. And those who claim it, whether they are scientists or dogmatists, open the door to tragedy."

There is no absolute knowledge. And those who claim it, whether they are scientists or dogmatists, open the door to tragedy.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation."

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show."

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "The most remarkable discovery ever made by scientists is science itself. The discovery must be compared in importance with the invention of cave-painting and of writing."

The most remarkable discovery ever made by scientists is science itself. The discovery must be compared in importance with the invention of cave-painting and of writing.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Nations in their great ages have not been great in art or science, but in art and science."

Nations in their great ages have not been great in art or science, but in art and science.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Satire is not a social dynamite. But it is a social indicator: it shows that new men are knocking at the door."

Satire is not a social dynamite. But it is a social indicator: it shows that new men are knocking at the door.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking."

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Certainty ends inquiry."

Certainty ends inquiry.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "A theory in its day helps to solve the problems of the day."

A theory in its day helps to solve the problems of the day.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created."

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Progress is the exploration of our own error."

Progress is the exploration of our own error.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved."

Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them."

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "To imagine is the characteristic act, not of the poet's mind, or the painter's, or the scientist's, but of the mind of man."

To imagine is the characteristic act, not of the poet's mind, or the painter's, or the scientist's, but of the mind of man.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Science, like art, is not a copy of nature but a re-creation of her."

Science, like art, is not a copy of nature but a re-creation of her.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Man is a singular creature. He has a set of gifts which make him unique among the animals, so that unlike them, he is not a figure in the landscape, he is the shaper of the landscape."

Man is a singular creature. He has a set of gifts which make him unique among the animals, so that unlike them, he is not a figure in the landscape, he is the shaper of the landscape.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "We are all shot through with enough motives to make a massacre, any day of the week that we want to give them their head."

We are all shot through with enough motives to make a massacre, any day of the week that we want to give them their head.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament and mind that underlies a culture."

Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament and mind that underlies a culture.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "It doesn't matter whether you're talking about bombs or the intelligence quotients of one race as against another if a man is a scientist, like me, he'll always say Publish and be damned."

It doesn't matter whether you're talking about bombs or the intelligence quotients of one race as against another if a man is a scientist, like me, he'll always say Publish and be damned.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws."

We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Every judgment in science stands on the edge of error, and is personal."

Every judgment in science stands on the edge of error, and is personal.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "It is a mistake to think of creative activity as something unusual"

It is a mistake to think of creative activity as something unusual



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "That series of inventions by which man from age to age has remade his environment is a different kind of evolution -- not biological, but cultural evolution . . . "The Ascent of Man."

That series of inventions by which man from age to age has remade his environment is a different kind of evolution -- not biological, but cultural evolution . . . "The Ascent of Man.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "There must be something unique about man because otherwise, evidently, the ducks would be lecturing about Konrad Lorenz, and the rats would be writing papers about B. F. Skinner."

There must be something unique about man because otherwise, evidently, the ducks would be lecturing about Konrad Lorenz, and the rats would be writing papers about B. F. Skinner.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "There are three creative ideas which, each in its turn, have been central to science. They are the idea of order, the idea of causes, and the idea of chance."

There are three creative ideas which, each in its turn, have been central to science. They are the idea of order, the idea of causes, and the idea of chance.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. That needs more courage than we might think."

Science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. That needs more courage than we might think.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "The most powerful drive in the ascent of man is his pleasure in his own skill. He loves to do what he does well. And having done it well, he loves to do it better."

The most powerful drive in the ascent of man is his pleasure in his own skill. He loves to do what he does well. And having done it well, he loves to do it better.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Fifty years from now if an understanding of man's origins, his evolution, his history, his progress is not in the common place of the school books we shall not exist."

Fifty years from now if an understanding of man's origins, his evolution, his history, his progress is not in the common place of the school books we shall not exist.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Power is the by-product of understanding."

Power is the by-product of understanding.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Science is a tribute to what we can know, although we are fallible."

Science is a tribute to what we can know, although we are fallible.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "The world today is made, it is powered by science; and for any man to abdicate an interest in science is to walk with open eyes towards slavery."

The world today is made, it is powered by science; and for any man to abdicate an interest in science is to walk with open eyes towards slavery.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "It is very much easier to divide your outlook on the world into two halves, to say that you know this belongs to the daily half and this belongs to the Sunday half."

It is very much easier to divide your outlook on the world into two halves, to say that you know this belongs to the daily half and this belongs to the Sunday half.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "All science is the search for unity in hidden likenesses."

All science is the search for unity in hidden likenesses.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "Beyond all our actions stands the larger shadow: How are we to choose between what we have been taught to think right and something else which manifestly succeeds?"

Beyond all our actions stands the larger shadow: How are we to choose between what we have been taught to think right and something else which manifestly succeeds?



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "The central opposition between magic and science is the opposition between power and knowledge."

The central opposition between magic and science is the opposition between power and knowledge.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "A man becomes creative, whether he is an artist or scientist, when he finds a new unity in the variety of nature. He does so by finding a likeness between things which were not thought alike before."

A man becomes creative, whether he is an artist or scientist, when he finds a new unity in the variety of nature. He does so by finding a likeness between things which were not thought alike before.



Jacob Bronowski Quotes: "The idea that the universe is running down comes from a simple observation about machines. Every machine consumes more energy than it renders."

The idea that the universe is running down comes from a simple observation about machines. Every machine consumes more energy than it renders.