Author: Jacob Bronowski

Quotes

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created.

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created.

- Jacob Bronowski

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

- Jacob Bronowski

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.

- Jacob Bronowski

We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws.

We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws.

- Jacob Bronowski

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.

- Jacob Bronowski

Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.

Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.

- Jacob Bronowski

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.

- Jacob Bronowski

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.

- Jacob Bronowski

Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved.

Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved.

- Jacob Bronowski

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