Saturday, October 27, 2007

Science Quotations

There are lots more quotes at naturalscience.com.
clipped from naturalscience.com

Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth
Bierce, Ambrose

An inventor is a person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization
Boltzman, Ludwig

The most ordinary things are to philosophy a source of insoluble puzzles
Churchill, Winston S.
...man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but usually manages to pick himself up, walk over or around it, and carry on
Einstein, Albert
(Written in old age)
I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my own family.
Frisch, Max

Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we do not experience it
John Paul II, Pope (Karol Wojtyla)

Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes
Kaku, Michio
of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory
the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct

Abbott and Costello Math Problem

Thanks to GeDeGe for posting this on clipmarks. The math is atrocious but, as always, Abbott and Costello are funny.
clipped from ie.youtube.com

13 times 7 equals 28. lol

Water Crisis

clipped from news.yahoo.com

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - An epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for millions. Florida doesn't have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York's reservoirs have dropped to record lows. And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is melting faster each year.

Across America, the picture is critically clear — the nation's freshwater supplies can no longer quench its thirst.

The government projects that at least 36 states will face water shortages within five years because of a combination of rising temperatures, drought, population growth, urban sprawl, waste and excess.