Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific QuotationsScientists and other keen observers of the natural world sometimes make or write a statement pertaining to scientific activity that is destined to live on beyond the brief period of time for which it was intended. This book serves as a collection of these statements from great philosophers and thought-influencers of science, past and present. Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations allows the reader quickly to find relevant quotations or citations to spearhead an oral or written presentation of their research. Organized thematically and indexed alphabetically by author, this work makes readily available an unprecedented collection of approximately 18,000 quotations related to a broad range of scientific topics including astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, and physics. With its unique thematic organization of the quotations, this book accomplishes its goal of presenting a large array of entries in each discipline and enabling the reader to choose a quotation on a particular subject from a variety of sources and perspectives. The resulting compendium allows the reader to conceptualize and embrace the written images of scientists, laymen, politicians, novelists, playwrights, and poets about humankind’s scientific achievements. Quotations are listed with the credited author, title, chapter, page number, birth/death date and occupation where possible. |
Contents
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INSULIN | 698 |
INVENTION | 704 |
JAW | 710 |
MAGNETISM | 790 |
MANDLEBROT SET | 801 |
Contents Volume | v |
MEMORY 905 | xi |
METAPHOR | 906 |
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APOTHECARY | 86 |
ARCHITECT | 95 |
ARGYRIA | 101 |
ASSERTION | 104 |
ASTROLOGER | 107 |
ASTRONOMICAL | 115 |
ASTROPHYSICIST | 127 |
PHOSPHORUS | 141 |
ATOMIC | 142 |
AWARENESS | 152 |
BEGINNING | 161 |
CALCULUS | 198 |
CAVE | 208 |
CHANGE | 222 |
CHEMICAL | 227 |
CHEMICAL AFFINITIES | 230 |
CHEMISTRY | 236 |
CHEMISTRY INSTRUMENTATION | 253 |
CLIMATE CHANGE | 259 |
COMMON SENSE | 270 |
COMPREHENSION | 276 |
CONSTRUCT | 291 |
COSMOLOGICAL | 297 |
CREATIONISM | 303 |
CRUST | 309 |
CURVE | 315 |
DATING | 322 |
DEEDS | 328 |
DEPLETION | 334 |
BRACHIOSAURUS | 349 |
DISCUSSION | 367 |
DISTANCE | 373 |
DIVISION | 375 |
ECHINODERMATA | 381 |
EFFECT | 387 |
ELEGANCE | 394 |
PHOSPHORUS | 400 |
EUGENICS | 450 |
EXAMINATION | 484 |
EXPERIMENT | 490 |
EXPERIMENTAL METHOD | 502 |
EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE | 509 |
EYE | 515 |
FACTOR | 542 |
FIRMAMENT | 548 |
FOOTPRINT | 554 |
FOSSIL | 561 |
FRACTION | 567 |
GENOME | 580 |
GEOLOGICAL TIME | 591 |
GEOMETER | 597 |
GEOMORPHOLOGY | 605 |
GOUT | 620 |
GYNECOLOGIST | 626 |
HEAVENS | 633 |
HUMAN BEINGS | 639 |
ICE | 652 |
IDEOLOGY | 664 |
INFINITE | 684 |
INFORMATION | 692 |
METHOD | 912 |
MILKY WAY | 918 |
MINERAL | 924 |
Directly or indirectly the various forms of art reflect the The specific purpose of menstruation is obscure | 941 |
MYSTERY | 954 |
NATURAL HISTORY | 962 |
NATURALIST | 968 |
NEANDERTHAL | 1006 |
NOVAE | 1012 |
NUMBER FIBONACCI | 1021 |
Canadian physician and professor of medicine | 1024 |
OBSERVATORY | 1038 |
OCEANOGRAPHY | 1045 |
ORGAN TRANSPLANT | 1051 |
Memories are fallible different people experiencing the Pliny C Plinius Secundus 2379 | 1052 |
PHOTOELECTRIC | 1090 |
PHOTOGRAPHY | 1091 |
PHYSICIST | 1108 |
PHYSICS | 1117 |
PHYSIOGNOMY | 1137 |
EARTH | 1143 |
JUPITER | 1153 |
PLATE TECTONICS | 1160 |
No biographical data available seized by rust | 1161 |
PREHISTORIC MAN | 1167 |
PRIMORDIAL | 1174 |
PROBABLE ERROR | 1188 |
REDUCTIONISM | 1238 |
RELATION | 1240 |
RELIABILITY | 1244 |
RESEARCH | 1246 |
RESEARCH PLAN | 1255 |
ROBOT | 1262 |
SAND | 1268 |
SCIENCE AGE OF | 1350 |
SCIENCE MAN OF | 1360 |
SCIENCE AND ART | 1369 |
SCIENCE AND MORALS | 1375 |
Crimmins Cathy | 1431 |
SHORE | 1461 |
SIGHT | 1464 |
SIMULTANEITY | 1468 |
SKIN | 1470 |
SOLAR SYSTEM | 1474 |
SOLID STATE | 1476 |
SPACE AGE | 1482 |
SPACE FLIGHT | 1490 |
SPECIES | 1496 |
STANDARD | 1502 |
STARLIGHT | 1520 |
STATISTICS | 1526 |
STATISTICS AND MEDICINE | 1545 |
THERMOMETER | 1620 |
TIME TRAVEL | 1636 |
TREE OF LIFE | 1647 |
TUNNELING | 1662 |
UNEXPECTED | 1671 |
UNIVERSE AND COSMOGENESIS | 1696 |
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VARIETY | 1708 |
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Other editions - View all
Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations, Volume 2 Carl C. Gaither,Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither No preview available - 2007 |