Linus Pauling: A Working Man

Linus Pauling: A Working Man

“The scientist, if he is to be more than a plodding gatherer of bits of information, needs to exercise an active imagination. The scientists of the past whom we now recognize as great are those who were gifted with transcendental imaginative powers, and the part...
Edward O. Wilson and the Tenets of Biology

Edward O. Wilson and the Tenets of Biology

Biology is a science of three dimensions. The first is the study of each species across all levels of biological organization, molecule to cell to organism to population to ecosystem. The second dimension is the diversity of all species in the biosphere. The third...
Sir Alister Hardy and Phytoplankton

Sir Alister Hardy and Phytoplankton

“There is the life of the plankton in almost endless variety; there are the many kinds of fish, both surface and bottom living; there are the hosts of different invertebrate creatures on the sea-floor; and there are those almost grotesque forms of pelagic life in the...
Magnus Pyke Distinguishes Science Strands

Magnus Pyke Distinguishes Science Strands

If it squirms, it’s biology. If it stinks, it’s chemistry. If it doesn’t work, it’s physics. And if you can’t understand it, it’s mathamatics. — Magnus Pyke Magnus Pyke obviously has a great sense of humor.  Anyone who has worked in...
Dmitri Mendeleev and the Nature of Things

Dmitri Mendeleev and the Nature of Things

Dmitri Mendeleev was fascinated by patterns.  He understood that the existence of patterns in nature was not just limited to those found in the base elements of nature but could also be applied to human behavior and the universe itself.  Although he recognized the extension of this order in nature, his passion was chemistry and it was in determining patterns in this field that he left us his greatest legacy.

Nikola Tesla: Science is the Seed of Hope

Nikola Tesla: Science is the Seed of Hope

“The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter – for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the...