Practical Applications Quotes

“Today's science is tomorrow's technology.”
― Edward Teller, The Legacy of Hiroshima

“Get back to work, he would tell himself sternly. There's a garuda to get airborne.”
― China Miéville, Perdido Street Station

“Today, nothing is unusual about a scientific discovery's being followed soon after by a technical application: The discovery of electrons led to electronics; fission led to nuclear energy. But before the 1880's, science played almost no role in the advances of technology. For example, James Watt developed the first efficient steam engine long before science established the equivalence between mechanical heat and energy.”
― Edward Teller