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A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations [Paperback]

Alan L. Mackay (Author)
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0750301066 978-0750301060 January 1, 1991 Rev Sub
Science affects us all-in the words of Albert Einstein, "The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking." It is therefore fascinating to discover the thoughts of scientists, philosophers, humanists, poets, theologians, politicians, and other miscellaneous mortals on this most important of subjects.

A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations is a personal selection of scientific quotations by Professor Alan L Mackay that includes graffiti, lines of song, proverbs, and poetry. Whether you believe that "All problems are finally scientific problems" (George Bernard Shaw) or that "Imagination is more important than knowledge" (Einstein), it is without doubt that "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations" (Churchill). You will be charmed and delighted by this collection and remember, "'Why,'" said the Dodo, "'the best way to explain it is to do it'" (Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll).

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…A witty and stimulating bed-side book.

—Contemporary Physics

I would also thoroughly recommend the book as simply a good read for anyone … No scientist's bookshelf should be without one.

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Irresistible.

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Very brilliant, pleasing to the [reader] … connoisseurs will find satisfaction, but in such a way that even non-connoisseurs must feel content without knowing why.

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  • Paperback: 312 pages
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis; Rev Sub edition (January 1, 1991)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0750301066
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750301060
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars not just science:an extraordinarily wonderful reference book, April 29, 2005
This review is from: A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (Paperback)
This book is one of my favourite books, period. So much so that I keep it at arm's reach beside my dictionaries, but often pick it up to read just for enjoyment. I disagree with the title, because this volume spans everything to do with existence: curiosity, discovery, disappointment, creativity, bureaucracy and government--what you could think would be carefully collected over a number of years by a person with a mind that hates to feel restricted. And this is exactly that. And if you think it's all highbrow stuff, prepare to be surprised. This isn't at all a collection of wisdoms. There is delicious fun here, too, sometimes at the expense of the quoted. As the foreward says, ". . . some quotations or aphorisms are so persuasive and so well put that one wishes one had said them oneself; others are wrong-headed...and others still tell us more about their authors than about their subjects: Hilaire Belloc cannot have intended to make a public exhibition of himself..."
There's even delightful poetry. A truly great book.
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New York, Cambridge University Press, Kegan Paul, Oxford University Press, Royal Society, The Guardian, New Scientist, Ezra Pound, Collected Works, Harvard University Press, New Haven, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Karl Marx, Paradise Lost, Columbia University Press, Novum Organum, Robert Frost, United States, Diogenes Laertius, Mao Tse-tung, Bodley Head, Edinburgh University Press, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Harcourt Brace
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