"The commonest cause of gastritis – that is to say, an inflamed and irritable stomach – is worry and anxiety. It is pa…"

"An inordinate fondness for beetles."

"An ounce of algebra is worth a ton of verbal argument."

"No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins."

"[F]our hundred years hence the power question in England may be solved somewhat as follows: The country will be cover…"

"is weight for weight the most efficient known method of storing energy, as it gives about three times as much heat pe…"

"These huge reservoirs of liquified gasses will enable wind energy to be stored, so that it can be expended for indust…"

"There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god."

"The conservative has little to fear from the man whose reason is the servant of his passions, but let him beware of h…"

"My practice as a scientist is atheistic. That is to say, when I set up an experiment I assume that no god, angel, or …"