The methods and tools of science perennially breach barriers, granting me confidence that our epic march of insight into the operations of nature will continue without end.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Science is about unravelling nature.
As you know, in most areas of science, there are long periods of beginning before we really make progress.
Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.
Our idea of nature is increasingly being determined by scientific developments. And they have become decisive for our image of reality.
We now witness the constructive work on a foundation that will endure through the ages. That foundation is the god of science - revealed to us in terms that will harmonize with our intelligence.
The fundamental essence of science, which I think we've lost in our education system, is poking something with a stick and seeing what happens. Embrace that process of inquiry.
Many have gone on to do important scientific work but all remember those wonderful times when we and our science were young and our excitement in meeting new challenges knew no bounds.
Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.
I have suggested that scientific progress requires a favorable environment.
Real progress in understanding nature is rarely incremental. All important advances are sudden intuitions, new principles, new ways of seeing.