Bertrand Russell Life, Philosophy, Nature
A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. Leonardo da Vinci
A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
The philosophical study of nature endeavors, in the the vicissitudes of phenomena, to connect the present with the past. Alexander von Humboldt
The philosophical study of nature endeavors, in the the vicissitudes of phenomena, to connect the present with the past.
The narrow slit through which the scientist, if he wants to be successful, must view nature constructs, if this goes on for a long time, his entire character; and, more often than not. Erwin Chargaff
The narrow slit through which the scientist, if he wants to be successful, must view nature constructs, if this goes on for a long time, his entire character; and, more often than not.
The resulting formulas sufficed for all motions of a slow nature; it was found, however, that they would not conform to the rapid motions apparent in electrodynamics. Hendrik Lorentz
The resulting formulas sufficed for all motions of a slow nature; it was found, however, that they would not conform to the rapid motions apparent in electrodynamics.
But this was not the only purpose for which Nature provided it; here, as elsewhere, she displayed great skill in turning the construction of a single member to a variety of different uses. Andreas Vesalius
But this was not the only purpose for which Nature provided it; here, as elsewhere, she displayed great skill in turning the construction of a single member to a variety of different uses.
This view of a living nature where man is nothing is both odd and sad. Alexander von Humboldt
This view of a living nature where man is nothing is both odd and sad.
Close scrutiny of an object in nature will nearly always yield some significant fact... John Burroughs
Close scrutiny of an object in nature will nearly always yield some significant fact...
My job has always been to hold a mirror up to nature. Tom Hanks
My job has always been to hold a mirror up to nature.
I first met the subject of X-ray diffraction of crystals in the pages of the book W. H. Bragg wrote for school children in 1925, Concerning the Nature of Things. Dorothy Hodgkin
I first met the subject of X-ray diffraction of crystals in the pages of the book W. H. Bragg wrote for school children in 1925, Concerning the Nature of Things.
Nature is written in mathematical language. Galileo Galilei
Nature is written in mathematical language.
“Everything in excess Is opposed by nature.” Hippocrates
“Everything in excess Is opposed by nature.”
It is clearly evident that most events of a widespread nature draw their causes from the enveloping heavens. Ptolemy
It is clearly evident that most events of a widespread nature draw their causes from the enveloping heavens.