Natalie Angier - Science is not a body of facts. Science is a state of mind. It is a way of

Science is not a body of facts. Science is a state of mind. It is a way of viewing the world, of facing reality square on but taking nothing on its face. It is about attacking a problem with the most manicured of claws and tearing it down into sensible, edible pieces.

- Natalie Angier

source: Natalie Angier (2008). “The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science”, p.19, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

topic: Science, Reality, Squares, Facing Reality