The proper study of mankind is the science of design.
People ask me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research.
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.
Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.
And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about silicone breast implants. If you have them, you're healthier than if you don't. In fact, there's no science that shows that silicone breast implants are detrimental and, in fact, they make you healthier.
I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.
Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
Any objective look at what science has to say about climate change ought to be sufficient to persuade reasonable people that the climate is changing and that humans are responsible for a substantial part of that - and that these changes are doing harm and will continue to do more harm unless we start to reduce our emissions.
Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.
There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.
With science fiction there's endless possibilities.
At 18, my first short story was published - I was paid a penny a word by a science fiction magazine. I continued to write, and five years later I published my first novel, 'Sweetwater.'
When I was in high school, I fell under the spell of that crazy idea that if you're interested in the arts, you can't be interested in science.
The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
As a kid, I didn't need to be convinced the future promised peril and oppression, so when I started thinking up the middle-grade science fiction novel that became 'The Boy at the End of the World,' it seemed only natural to build the story around a dark vision of the future. In my book, civilization has nearly destroyed itself.
The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, more than soil, has become the provider of growth and abundance. Living just on the land creates loneliness in an age of globality.
Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.
It was like stepping on to an escalator; I could do anything. I was just made for science.
I actually consider myself as totally privileged to be able to serve science and medicine in a global fashion, because science and medicine know no boundaries.
Jigsaw Lady is the working title of a science fiction novel I've had in my head for darn near 15 years. I think I'll start work on it next year (in all my spare time) but I'd like to get it finished some day.
It may be far in the future, but there's some kind of logical way to get from where we are to where the science fiction is.
Comedy is very hard, but you have to learn the art and science of it.
The science of semiconducting and metallic polymers is inherently interdisciplinary; it falls at the intersection of chemistry and physics.
Picking apart a story for its scientific underpinnings doesn't diminish it, it enhances it, makes us dream of the possibilities it proposes. I think appreciating the magic of reality, going from 'can't happen' to 'could happen,' is the fundamental appeal of science fiction.
It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue.
I started doing science when I was effectively 20, a graduate student of Salvador Luria at Indiana University. And that was - you know, it took me about two years, you know, being a graduate student with Luria deciding I wanted to find the structure of DNA; that is, DNA was going to be my objective.
We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained from nature that which the mind put into nature.
It is possible in medicine, even when you intend to do good, to do harm instead. That is why science thrives on actively encouraging criticism rather than stifling it.
I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doing good research.
Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ.
Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati.
If you ask people whether a computer can be smarter than a human, 99.9 percent will say that's science fiction. Actually, it's inevitable. It's guaranteed to happen.
Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity.
Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, that's where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and finally, it's easier to combine career and family.
