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Vladimir Nabokov
(22 Apr 1899 - 2 Jul 1977)
Russian novelist and entomologist.
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Science Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov (4 quotes)
As a little boy, I showed an abnormal aptitude for mathematics this gift played a horrible part in tussles with quinsy or scarlet fever, when I felt enormous spheres and huge numbers swell relentlessly in my aching brain.
— Vladimir Nabokov
In Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (1999), 2
Attainment and science, retainment and art—the two couples keep to themselves, but when they do meet, nothing else in the world matters.
— Vladimir Nabokov
In Time and Ebb (1947) in Nine Stories(1947), 102.
Like so many aging college people, Pnin had long ceased to notice the existence of students on the campus.
— Vladimir Nabokov
In Pnin (1957), 53
Treading the soil of the moon, palpating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the pit of one’s stomach the separation from terra … these form the most romantic sensation an explorer has ever known … this is the only thing I can say about the matter. … The utilitarian results do not interest me.
— Vladimir Nabokov
In 'Reactions to Man’s Landing on the Moon Show Broad Variations in Opinions', The New York Times (21 Jul 1969), 6.
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.
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