Tom Mcdermott

“The text-book is rare that stimulates its reader to ask, Why is this so? Or, How does this connect with what has been read elsewhere?”
― J. Norman Collie

“The valuable attributes of research men are conscious ignorance and active curiosity.”
― Willis R. Whitney

“Science is not an intelligence test. Intuition is important, knowing what kind of questions to ask. The other thing is a passion for getting to the core of the problem.”
― Torsten Wiesel

“Eva’s only fault has been the one of wanting to know more, to experiment and search with her own sources the laws of the Universe, of her own body and to refuse the teachings from “above”. Eva, basically, represents the curiosity of science against the passive acceptance that belongs to faith.”
― Margherita Hack