Baeyer, H.C. von, 2003, Information, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
- Author : Baeyer, H.C. von
- Year : 2003
- Title English : Information
- Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Publisher's Location : London
- ISBN : 0-297-60725
- Pages : 258
- Comments : p. 30 “The French biologist Francois Jacob, who won a Nobel prize for helping to discover the role of RNA as the messenger molecule for genetic information, pointed out: ‘The beginning of modern science can be dated from the time when such general questions as “How was the universe created?...What is the essence of Life?” were replaced by more modest questions like “How does a stone fall? How does water flow in a tube?” … While asking general questions led to very limited answers, asking limited questions turned out to provide more and more general answers.’ It is the passionate pursuit of particular puzzles, not the pondering of profound problems, that leads to universal insights.”