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Sir William Cecil Dampier
(27 Dec 1867 - 11 Dec 1952)
British agriculturist and science historian who developed a method of extracting milk sugar from the surplus whey when World War I caused a cheese shortage in Britain.
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Science Quotes by Sir William Cecil Dampier (6)
But beyond the bright searchlights of science,
Out of sight of the windows of sense,
Old riddles still bid us defiance,
Old questions of Why and of Whence.
Out of sight of the windows of sense,
Old riddles still bid us defiance,
Old questions of Why and of Whence.
— Sir William Cecil Dampier
from Recent Development of Physical Science (p. 10)
Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think.
Commenting on how an accident led to the discovery of X-rays..
Commenting on how an accident led to the discovery of X-rays..
— Sir William Cecil Dampier
A History of Science and Its Relations with Philosophy and Religion (1931), 882.
It seemed as though the main framework had been put together once and for all, and that little remained to be done but to measure physical constants to the increased accuracy represented by another decimal point.
— Sir William Cecil Dampier
A History of Science and Its Relations with Philosophy and Religion (1931), 882.
See also: | Measurement (59)
The fundamental concepts of physical science, it is now understood, are abstractions, framed by our mind, so as to bring order to an apparent chaos of phenomena.
— Sir William Cecil Dampier
(written in the 1920's)
See also: | Science (433)
There is only one nature—the division into science and engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, the division is a human failure; it reflects our limited capacity to comprehend the whole.
— Sir William Cecil Dampier
from Recent Development of Physical Science (p. 10)
There seems no limit to research, for as been truly said, the more the sphere of knowledge grows, the larger becomes the surface of contact with the unknown.
— Sir William Cecil Dampier
from A History of Science and Its Relations with Philosophy and Religion, 4th Ed., Cambridge University Press, 1961, p. 500.
