Blue Sky - Science

Science

  • Diffuse sky radiation, which causes the sky to appear blue
  • Blue skies research (also called blue sky science), scientific research in domains where "real-world" applications are not immediately apparent

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Famous quotes containing the word science:

    “Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “When we say “science” we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we can mean such an extremely different thing as the religion of science the vulgarized derivative from this pure activity manipulated by a sort of priestcraft into a great religious and political weapon.”
    —Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)

    “The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.”
    —Winston Churchill (1874–1965)