In education the appetite does indeed grow with eating. I have never known anyone to abandon study because they knew too much.

Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights.

At the heart of science lies discovery which involves a change in worldview. Discovery in science is possible only in societies which accord their citizens the freedom to pursue the truth where it may lead and which therefore have respect for different paths to that truth.

Scientia is knowledge. It is only in the popular mind that it is equated with facts.

Individual scientists like myself - and many more conspicuous - pointed to the dangers of radioactive fallout over Canada if we were to launch nuclear weapons to intercept incoming bombers.

In education the appetite does indeed grow with eating. I have never known anyone to abandon study because they knew too much.

Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it.