"Today, nearly all biologists acknowledge that evolution is a fact. The term theory is no longer appropriate except wh…"

"The notion that "applied" knowledge is somehow less worthy than "pure" knowledge, was natural to a society in which a…"

"The word model is used as a noun, adjective, and verb, and in each instance it has a slightly different connotation. …"

"Scientific models have all these connotations. They are representations of states, objects, and events. They are idea…"

"Scientists work from models acquired through education and through subsequent exposure to the literature often withou…"

"Knowledge about the process being modeled starts fairly low, then increases as understanding is obtained and tapers o…"

"Any model or description that leaves out conscious forces … is bound to be sadly incomplete and unsatisfactory … This…"

"For the scientist a model is also a way in which the human though processes can be amplified. This method often takes…"

"The statistician knows ... that in nature there never was a normal distribution, there never was a straight line, yet…"

"Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful."