"We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems n…"

"Scientists tend to resist interdisciplinary inquiries into their own territory. In many instances, such parochialism …"

"There is no rational reason to doubt that the universe has existed indefinitely, for an infinite time. It is only myt…"

"Since religion intrinsically rejects empirical methods, there should never be any attempt to reconcile scientific the…"

"Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe ... every newspaper in the land …"

"I have no trouble publishing in Soviet astrophysical journals, but my work is unacceptable to the American astrophysi…"

"The peer review system is satisfactory during quiescent times, but not during a revolution in a discipline such as as…"

"Students using astrophysical textbooks remain essentially ignorant of even the existence of plasma concepts, despite …"

"During Alfvén's visit he gave a lecture at the University of Chicago, which was attended by Enrico Fermi. As Alfvén d…"

"When I entered the field of space physics in 1956, I recall that I fell in with the crowd believing, for example, tha…"