"A Chemical analysis is of course nothing other than this, and even mathematics has no other foundation. History is a picture of past similarities and differences; geography shows the differences in the earth's surface; geology, similarities and differences in the earth's formation, from which we deduce the course of its transformations. Astronomy is the study of similarities and differences between celestial bodies;physics, a study of similarities and differances that arise from the attraction and motive functions of matter. The only exception to this rule is religious doctrine, but even this rests on the similar gullibility of most people. Even metaphysics-if it is not too insane-must find support for its hypotheses in some kind of analogy. One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge."
'Life and Philosophy of Alfred Nobel"- a Memorial adress by Tore Frangsmyr, the Royal Sweedish academy of sciences- 26th March 1996
Kind of interesting that Nobel, the inventor of dynamite among other explosive products is the patron of a peace prize....
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
" What is science after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know whats going on."
Christian Science Monitor ( 21 July 1971)
This image is great because it shows Cousteau kind of framed within a door himself, a possible keyhole. It also expresses his great sense of spirit and curiosity, an older man very physically a part of the pursuit of science.
For interests sake... Another great quote
"Sometimes we are lucky enough to know that our lives have been changed, to discard the old, embrace the new, and turn headlong down an immutable course"
"The Silent World" by Capt. Jacques-Yves Cousteau with Frederic Dumas 2004 National
Keith Campbell
"Cloning may be good and it may be bad. Probably it's a bit of both. The question must not be greeted with reflex hysteria but decided quietly, soberly and on it's own merits. We need less emotion and more thought."
From:-Richard Dawkin, Quotesea (2007)
http://www.quotesea.com/Quotes.aspx?with=cloning
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