Science and Technology
- Max, the abbreviation for the orchid genus Maxillaria
- MAX (gene), a human gene
- Max, an abbreviation for either maximal element, greatest element, or extreme value in mathematics; see Maxima and minima
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“Our civilization is shifting from science and technology to rhetoric and litigation.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)
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“Primitive peoples tried to annul death by portraying the human body—we do it by finding substitutes for the human body. Technology instead of mysticism!”
—Max Frisch (1911–1991)