“Science is inventive but creative never.”
A Testament (1957)
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“Greek science was less an invention than a revival.”
George Sarton (1884–1956) American historian of science
Preface.
A History of Science Vol.1 Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece (1952)
Context: It is childish to assume that science began in Greece; the Greek "miracle" was prepared by millenia of work in Egypt, Mesopotamia and possibly in other regions. Greek science was less an invention than a revival.
“Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information; it is a creative human activity.”
Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002) American evolutionary biologist
“The Book of the science of Mechanics must precede the Book of useful inventions.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), I Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting
Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017) British science fiction author
“Poor Little Warrior!” p. 80
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher
Entry (1956)
Eric Hoffer and the Art of the Notebook (2005)
Paul A. Samuelson (1915–2009) American economist
Introduction to the Enlarged Edition
1940s, Foundations of Economic Analysis (1947; 1983)
