The problem [of specialization] is essentially that of communications to an army in action. After a rapid advance communications become disorganized, and there is a temporary halting until they are again in working order.
John Desmond BernalWe will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things.
John Desmond BernalThe beauty of life is, therefore, geometrical beauty of a type that Plato would have much appreciated.
John Desmond BernalAs a scientist Miss [Rosalind] Franklin was distinguished by extreme clarity and perfection in everything she undertook. Her photographs are among the most beautiful X-ray photographs of any substance ever taken.
John Desmond Bernal