August 2008 in Science

Famous quotes containing the words august and/or science:

    That is the thankless position of the father in the family—the provider for all, and the enemy of all.
    —J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)

    He is not a true man of science who does not bring some sympathy to his studies, and expect to learn something by behavior as well as by application. It is childish to rest in the discovery of mere coincidences, or of partial and extraneous laws. The study of geometry is a petty and idle exercise of the mind, if it is applied to no larger system than the starry one.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)