Science
- J. Murray Mitchell (1928–1990), American climatologist
- John Mitchell (geographer) (1711–1768), colonial American physician, botanist, and geographer
- John C. Mitchell, computer scientist
- John F. B. Mitchell, British climatologist/climate modeller
- John Kearsley Mitchell (1798–1858), American physician
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Famous quotes containing the word science:
“We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them.”
—Chauncey Wright (1830–1875)
“The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and learning; and whoever can either remove any obstructions in this way, or open up any new prospect, ought so far to be esteemed a benefactor to mankind.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)
“We would be a lot safer if the Government would take its money out of science and put it into astrology and the reading of palms.... Only in superstition is there hope. If you want to become a friend of civilization, then become an enemy of the truth and a fanatic for harmless balderdash.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)