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John Desmond Bernal Quotes

The only way of learning the method of science is the long and bitter way of personal experience Picture Quote #1

As a scientist Miss [Rosalind] Franklin was distinguished by extreme clarity and perfection in everything she undertook. Her photographs are among the most beautiful X-ray photographs of any substance ever taken Picture Quote #1

Pauling was shocked by the freedom with which the X-ray crystallographers of the time, including particularly Astbury, played with the intimate chemical structure of their models. They seemed to think that if the atoms were arranged in the right order and about the right distance apart, that was all that mattered, that no further restrictions need to be put on them Picture Quote #1

Hunger and sex still dominate the primitive mammalian side of human existence, but at the present time it looks as if humanity were within sight of their satisfaction. Permanent plenty, no longer a Utopian dream, awaits the arrival of permanent peace Picture Quote #1

The relevance of Marxism to science is that it removes it from its imagined position of complete detachment and shows it as a part, but a critically important part, of economy and social development Picture Quote #1

But if capitalism had built up science as a productive force, the very character of the new mode of production was serving to make capitalism itself unnecessary Picture Quote #1

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The region of the mysterious is rapidly shrinking Picture Quote #1

All that glitters may not be gold, but at least it contains free electrons Picture Quote #1

We will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things Picture Quote #1

Men will not be content to manufacture life: they will want to improve on it Picture Quote #1

Political and social events must also be effective, but not in a very obvious fashion. But political confusion and prolonged peace undoubtedly affect creative thought but whether they respectively hinder or help it is not at all certain Picture Quote #1

So many of the chemical reactions occurring in living systems have been shown to be catalytic processes occurring isothermally on the surface of specific proteins, referred to as enzymes, that it seems fairly safe to assume that all are of this nature and that the proteins are the necessary basis for carrying out the processes that we call life Picture Quote #1

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Marxists have some way of analyzing the development of affairs which enables them to judge far in advance of scientific thinkers what the trend of social and economic development is to be Picture Quote #1

Religious suffering is at once the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of the heartless world, as it is the soul of soulless condition. It is the opium of the people Picture Quote #1

We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may be overcome in two ways Picture Quote #1

It is pretty clear that they are ineffective in stopping the course of thought at present, but they have not always been so in the past and we cannot be sure that they will not be so in the future Picture Quote #1

Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a second or so Picture Quote #1

If science were communism, was it also not possible that communism could itself become a science? Picture Quote #1

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Published papers may omit important steps and the memory of men of science, even the greatest, is sadly fallible Picture Quote #1

The greater the man, the more he is soaked in the atmosphere of his time; only thus can he get a wide enough grasp of it to be able to change substantially the pattern of knowledge and action Picture Quote #1

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof Picture Quote #1

We academic scientists move within a certain sphere, we can go on being useless up to a point, in the confidence that sooner or later some use will be found for our studies. The mathematician, of course, prides himself on being totally useless, but usually turns out to be the most useful of the lot. He finds the solution but he is not interested in what the problem is: sooner or later, someone will find the problem to which his solution is the answer Picture Quote #1

The full area of ignorance is not mapped. We are at present only exploring the fringes Picture Quote #1

In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to learn to understand nature and not merely to observe it and endure what it imposes on us. Stupidity, from being an amiable individual defect, has become a social crime Picture Quote #1

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We are still too close to the birth of the universe to be certain about its death Picture Quote #1

The psychology of a complex mind must differ almost as much from that of a simple, mechanized mind as its psychology would from ours; because something that must underlie and perhaps be even greater than sex is involved Picture Quote #1

The present aristocracy of western culture, at the moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully in every eastern country Picture Quote #1

Naturalism aimed at giving the primitive wishes full play but failed because these wishes are too primitive, too infantile, too inconsistent with themselves to be satisfied even by the greatest license Picture Quote #1

As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no organic material at all, so as to be independent of both these conditions, would be increasingly felt Picture Quote #1

A part of sexuality may go to research, and a much larger part must lead to aesthetic creation. The art of the future will, because of the very opportunities and materials it will have at its command, need an infinitely stronger formative impulse than it does now Picture Quote #1

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The only way of learning the method of science is the long and bitter way of personal experience (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) As a scientist Miss [Rosalind] Franklin was distinguished by extreme clarity and perfection in everything she undertook. Her photographs are among the most beautiful X-ray photographs of any substance ever taken (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) Pauling was shocked by the freedom with which the X-ray crystallographers of the time, including particularly Astbury, played with the intimate chemical structure of their models. They seemed to think that if the atoms were arranged in the right order and about the right distance apart, that was all that mattered, that no further restrictions need to be put on them (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) Hunger and sex still dominate the primitive mammalian side of human existence, but at the present time it looks as if humanity were within sight of their satisfaction. Permanent plenty, no longer a Utopian dream, awaits the arrival of permanent peace (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) The relevance of Marxism to science is that it removes it from its imagined position of complete detachment and shows it as a part, but a critically important part, of economy and social development (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) But if capitalism had built up science as a productive force, the very character of the new mode of production was serving to make capitalism itself unnecessary (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) The region of the mysterious is rapidly shrinking (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) All that glitters may not be gold, but at least it contains free electrons (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) We will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) Men will not be content to manufacture life: they will want to improve on it (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) Political and social events must also be effective, but not in a very obvious fashion. But political confusion and prolonged peace undoubtedly affect creative thought but whether they respectively hinder or help it is not at all certain (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) So many of the chemical reactions occurring in living systems have been shown to be catalytic processes occurring isothermally on the surface of specific proteins, referred to as enzymes, that it seems fairly safe to assume that all are of this nature and that the proteins are the necessary basis for carrying out the processes that we call life (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) Marxists have some way of analyzing the development of affairs which enables them to judge far in advance of scientific thinkers what the trend of social and economic development is to be (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) Religious suffering is at once the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of the heartless world, as it is the soul of soulless condition. It is the opium of the people (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may be overcome in two ways (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) It is pretty clear that they are ineffective in stopping the course of thought at present, but they have not always been so in the past and we cannot be sure that they will not be so in the future (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a second or so (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) If science were communism, was it also not possible that communism could itself become a science? (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) Published papers may omit important steps and the memory of men of science, even the greatest, is sadly fallible (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) The greater the man, the more he is soaked in the atmosphere of his time; only thus can he get a wide enough grasp of it to be able to change substantially the pattern of knowledge and action (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) We academic scientists move within a certain sphere, we can go on being useless up to a point, in the confidence that sooner or later some use will be found for our studies. The mathematician, of course, prides himself on being totally useless, but usually turns out to be the most useful of the lot. He finds the solution but he is not interested in what the problem is: sooner or later, someone will find the problem to which his solution is the answer (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) The full area of ignorance is not mapped. We are at present only exploring the fringes (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to learn to understand nature and not merely to observe it and endure what it imposes on us. Stupidity, from being an amiable individual defect, has become a social crime (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) We are still too close to the birth of the universe to be certain about its death (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) The psychology of a complex mind must differ almost as much from that of a simple, mechanized mind as its psychology would from ours; because something that must underlie and perhaps be even greater than sex is involved (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) The present aristocracy of western culture, at the moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully in every eastern country (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) Naturalism aimed at giving the primitive wishes full play but failed because these wishes are too primitive, too infantile, too inconsistent with themselves to be satisfied even by the greatest license (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no organic material at all, so as to be independent of both these conditions, would be increasingly felt (John Desmond Bernal Quotes) A part of sexuality may go to research, and a much larger part must lead to aesthetic creation. The art of the future will, because of the very opportunities and materials it will have at its command, need an infinitely stronger formative impulse than it does now (John Desmond Bernal Quotes)

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