Scientist
A scientist, in a broad sense, is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word. Scientists perform research toward a more comprehensive understanding of nature, including physical, mathematical and social realms.
Read more about Scientist.
Famous quotes containing the word scientist:
“A scientist who cannot prove what he has accomplished, has accomplished nothing.”
—Walter Reisch (1903–1963)
“The scientist rigorously defends his right to be ignorant of almost everything except his specialty.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
“But how is one to make a scientist understand that there is something unalterably deranged about differential calculus, quantum theory, or the obscene and so inanely liturgical ordeals of the precession of the equinoxes.”
—Antonin Artaud (1896–1948)