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Walter Gratzer
(1932 - )
English-American biophysical chemist and science writer whose books include Eurekas and Euphorias: The Oxford Book of Scientific Anecdotes (2002) and Giant Molecules: From Nylon to Nanotubes (2009).
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Science Quotes by Walter Gratzer (1 quote)
The common perception of science as a rational activity, in which one confronts the evidence of fact with an open mind, could not be more false. Facts assume significance only within a pre-existing intellectual structure, which may be based as much on intuition and prejudice as on reason.
— Walter Gratzer
In The Guardian, September 28, 1989.
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) -- 
