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Paul Dickson
(30 Jul 1939 - )
whose writings range from humorous to serious. His non-fiction books include diverse topics such as ice cream, Buckminster Fuller, or the Sputnik satellite and the subsequent space race.
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Science Quotes by Paul Dickson (2 quotes)
No experiment is ever a complete failure. It can always be used as a bad example.
— Paul Dickson
In John Cook, Steve Deger and Leslie Ann Gibson, The Book of Positive Quotations (2007), 669.
The more innocuous the name of a weapon, the more hideous its impact. (Some of the most horrific weapons of the Vietnam era were named “Bambi”, “Infant”, “Daisycutter”, “Grasshopper”, and “Agent Orange.” Nor is the trend new: from the past we have “Mustard Gas”, “Angel Chasers” (two cannonballs linked with a chain for added destruction) and “The Peacemaker” to name but a few.)
— Paul Dickson
The Official Explanations (1980), 48.

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) --
Carl Sagan
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