Peter Medawar Quote

Science will persevere just as long as we retain a faculty we show no signs of losing: the ability to conceive — in no matter how imperfect or rudimentary a form — what the truth might be and retain also the inclination to ascertain whether our imaginings correspond to real life or not.


The Limits of Science, Chapter 4 (pp. 86-87), Harper & Row, Publishers. 1984


Science will persevere just as long as we retain a faculty we show no signs of losing: the ability to conceive — in no matter how imperfect or...

Science will persevere just as long as we retain a faculty we show no signs of losing: the ability to conceive — in no matter how imperfect or...

Science will persevere just as long as we retain a faculty we show no signs of losing: the ability to conceive — in no matter how imperfect or...

Science will persevere just as long as we retain a faculty we show no signs of losing: the ability to conceive — in no matter how imperfect or...