Quote: Magnus Pyke on How to tell the Sciences Apart

By Alex in Quote-a-Day, Science & Tech on Mar 25, 2008 at 4:57 am

"If it squirms, it’s biology; if it stinks, it’s chemistry; if it doesn’t work, it’s physics; and if you can’t understand it, it’s mathematics."

– Magnus Pyke, scientist (mad scientist, actually)


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  1. Mr. BabyMan
    Mar 25th, 2008 at 5:23 am

    Here’s my favorite Magnus Pyke quote: “Good Heavens, Miss Yakamoto, you’re beautiful!”

  2. emptyminded
    Mar 26th, 2008 at 7:21 am

    What a character. I wonder how he would have described the associated criteria for food science.


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