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How many of these quotes that
about "Science"
can you correctly match to their author?
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For each quotation, click the person you think
said it. This takes you to the page of Creative Quotations for that person.
If you find the quotation on that page, then you're correct! If you don't
see the quotation -- enjoy the browsing, then try again. Keep track of
the number of "correct the first time" answers, then check your Quotational
Quotent (QQ) at the bottom of this page.
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1) Who said . . .
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Science is the father of knowledge,
but opinion breeds ignorance.
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John Dewey (1859-1952)
U.S. philosopher, educator
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Stanislaus I
(1677-1766) Polish king
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Hippocrates
(460-370 BC) Greek physician
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2) Who said . . .
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The great tragedy of science
-- a beautiful theory, killed by a nasty, ugly, little fact.
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Thomas Huxley
(1825-1895) English biologist
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Manly Hall (1901-____)
U.S. philosopher
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Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
U.S. author
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3) Who said . . .
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Anybody who has been seriously
engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance
to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have
faith.' It is a quality which the scientist cannot dispense with.
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James A. Froude
(1818-1894) English historian
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Max Planck (1858-1947)
German physicist
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Fulton J. Sheen
(1895-1979) U.S. Roman Catholic bishop
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4) Who said . . .
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Art upsets, science reassures.
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Michel Eyquem de
Montaigne (1553-1592) Fench essayist, courtier
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Cyril Connolly
(1903-1974) British journalist, editor, writer
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Georges Braque
(1882-1963) French painter, sculptor and designer
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5) Who said . . .
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I have seen the science I worshiped
and the aircraft I loved destroying the civilization I expected them to
serve.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(1900-1944) French novelist, aviator
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Charles A. Lindbergh
(1902-1974) U.S. aviator
Timothy Leary
(1920-1996) U.S. educator, lecturer, psychologist
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6) Who said . . .
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In all science error precedes
the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.
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Mary Baker Eddy
(1821-1910) U.S. religious leader, writer
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Charles Sanders
Peirce (1839-1914) U.S. philosopher, scientist, logician
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Horace Walpole
(1717-1797) English novelist, letter-writer
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7) Who said . . .
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Science fiction is no more written
for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.
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Brian Aldiss
(1925-____) British science-fiction writer
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George Allen
(1922-1990) U.S. football coach
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Barbara Tuchman
(1912-1989) U.S. historian
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8) Who said . . .
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In science the credit goes to
the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first
occurs.
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William Osler
(1849-1919) Canadian physician
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Stephen Leacock
(1869-1944) Canadian author, educator, economist, humorist
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Milton Friedman
(1912-____) U.S. economist
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9) Who said . . .
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Truth in science can be defined
as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better
one.
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Luther Burbank
(1849-1926) U.S. naturalist, plant breeder
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Konrad Lorenz
(1903-1989) Austro-German ethologist
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Leo Tolstoy
(1828-1910) Russian novelist, philosopher
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10) Who said . . .
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Science seldom proceeds in the
straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders. Instead, its steps
forward (and sometimes backward) are often very human events in which personalities
and cultural traditions play major roles.
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James D. Watson
(1928-____) U.S. biochemist
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Louis Pasteur
(1822-1895) French chemist, bacteriologist
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Herbert Spencer
(1820-1903) English naturalist, philosopher
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How many "correct the first time"
answers did you get?
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Your Quotational Quotient (QQ) rating
is as follows:
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9-10 correct: WOW!
You
are a master Scientist
of quotations.
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7-8 correct:
Excellent. You have these quotations down
to a real Science.
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5-6 correct:
Very Good. Your Scientific
approach to this quiz is commendable.
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3-4 correct:
Not bad, but I think the method could improve your score by being a bit
more Scientific.
Try again.
1-2 correct:Scientifically,
this is impossible. Pure guessing will do better than this.
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