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SELECTED SCIENCE QUOTATIONS ONLINE
General Compendium Containing Many Scientific Quotations
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTIONS
General Science, Physical Sciences, Computing and Engineering
| Mathematics and Statistics| Medicine | Nature, Environment, and Gardening
American College of Physicians. Medicine in Quotations.
http://www.acponline.org/medquotes/index.html
Earthbound Farm. The Quotable Organic.
http://www.ebfarm.com/organic/organic_quotes.html
Furman University. Department of Mathematics. Mathematical
Quotations Server. http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mquot.html
Intellectual Property Creators. Quotations on
Patents and Inventions.
http://www.ipcreators.org/General/quote.htm
National Park Service. National Wild and Scenic Rivers
System. Environmental Quotations.
http://www.nps.gov/rivers/quotations.html
Platonic Realms Interactive Database of Math
Quotes
http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/quotes/index.asp
Salt Lake Community College. Physics Department.
Quotations in Physics.
http://www.slcc.edu/schools/hum_sci/physics/whatis/quotations.html
SGI-USA (Soka Gakkai International USA). Environmental Exhibition
"Ecology and Human Life": Quotations.
http://www.ecofuture.org/pk/pkquotes.html
Natural Science. A Short Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
http://naturalscience.com/dsqhome.html
United States. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
NIEHS Kids’ Pages: Quotations.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/hottopics.htm#quotes
University of Bristol. Department of Civil Engineering. Engineering
Quotes.
http://www.cen.bris.ac.uk/resource/engquot1.htm
Westfield College. Department of Mathematics. Mathematical
and Educational Quotation Server.
http://www.wsc.ma.edu/math/faculty/fleron/quotes
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General Compendium Containing Many Scientific
Quotations
Quotations: Collections (Bartlett, Columbia World of Quotations,
Respectfully Quoted, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations).
http://www.bartleby.com/quotations
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTIONS
General Science, Physical Sciences, Computing
and Engineering
A Dictionary of scientific quotations. Compiled by Alan
L. Mackay; with a foreword by Sir Peter Medawar. Bristol, Eng.,
Philadelphia, A. Hilger, c1991. 297 p.
Q173.H36 1991 Desk <SciRR>
Rev. ed. of the Harvest of a quiet eye.
Einstein, Albert. The expanded quotable Einstein. Collected
and edited by Alice Calaprice; with a foreword by Freeman Dyson.
Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 2000. 407 p.
Bibliography: p. 381-386.
QC16.E5A25 2000 <SciRR>
Haines, Jennie Day. Weather opinions: a book of quotations
with interleaves on weather subjects. Compiled by Jennie Day
Haines. San Francisco, New York, P. Elder and Company, c1907. 98
p.
QC998.H15
Notes: "Decorated by Spencer Wright, the frontispiece
in color by Gordon Ross, the typography designed by J. H. Nash,
published by Paul Elder & company and printed for them on Normandy
vellum at the Tomoye press in New York city, nineteen hundred &
seven."
Interleaves inserted at end of quotations for
each month and paged i-xxiii.
Horvitz, Leslie Alan. The quotable scientist: words of wisdom
from Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, Galileo,
Marie Curie, and more. New York, McGraw-Hill, c2000. 169 p.
Q173.H739 2000 <SciRR>
Isaac Asimov's book of science and nature quotations.
Edited by Isaac Asimov and Jason A. Shulman. New York, Weidenfeld
& Nicolson, c1988. 360 p.
Q173.I83 1988 <SciRR>
Physically speaking: a dictionary of quotations on physics
and astronomy. Selected and arranged by Carl C. Gaither and
Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither; illustrated by Andrew Slocombe. Bristol,
Eng., Philadelphia, Institute of Physics Pub., c1997. 492 p.
Bibliography: p. 364-397
QC5.P47 1997
Practically speaking: a dictionary of quotations on engineering,
technology, and architecture. Selected and arranged by Carl
C. Gaither and Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither; illustrated by Andrew Slocombe.
Bristol, Eng., Philadelphia, Institute of Physics Pub., c1999. 367
p.
Bibliography: p. 269-295.
TA9.P73 1999
Respectfully quoted: a dictionary of quotations from the Library
of Congress. Edited by Suzy Platt, Congressional Research Service.
Washington, Congressional Quarterly Inc., c1992. 520 p.
PN6081.R435 1992 <SciRR>
Scientifically speaking: a dictionary of quotations. Selected
and arranged by Carl C. Gaither and Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither; illustrated
by Andrew Slocombe. Bristol, Eng., Philadelphia, Institute of Physics
Pub., c2000. 482 p.
Bibliography: p. 352-388.
Q173.S428 2000 <SciRR>
Speaking of science: notable quotes on science, engineering,
and the environment. Compiled and edited by Jon Fripp, Michael
Fripp, and Deborah Fripp.
Eagle Rock, Va., LLH Technology Pub., c2000. 241
p.
Q173.S738 2000 <SciRR>
Spencer, Donald D. Dictionary of computer quotations.
2nd ed. Ormand Beach, Fla., Camelot, c1999. 163 p.
QA76.5.S6593 1999 <SciRR>
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Mathematics and Statistics
A Dictionary of quotations in mathematics.
Compiled and edited by Robert A. Nowlan. Jefferson, N.C., McFarland,
c2002. 314 p.
Bibliography: p. 265-295.
QA99.D53 2002 <SciRR>
Mathematically speaking: a dictionary of quotations. Selected
and arranged by Carl C. Gaither and Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither; illustrated
by Andrew Slocombe. Bristol, Eng., Philadelphia, Institute of Physics
Pub., c1998. 484 p.
Bibliography: p. 363-395.
QA99.M363 1998 <SciRR>
Memorabilia mathematica: the philomath's quotation book: 1140
anecdotes, aphorisms, and passages by famous mathematicians, scientists
& writers. Compiled by Robert Edouard Moritz. Washington,
Mathematical Association of America, 1993, c1942. 410 p. QA99.M45
1993
Related title, Philomath's quotation-book.
Notes: "This is an unaltered and unabridged republication
of the first edition published in 1914."
Pappas, Theoni. The music of reason: experiencing the beauty
of mathematics through quotations. San Carlos, Calif., Wide World Pub./Tetra,
1995. 138 p.
QA99 .P38 1995
Schmalz, Rosemary. “Out of the mouths of mathematicians": a quotation
book for philomaths. Washington, Mathematical Association of America,
c 1993. 294 p.
QA99.S33 1993 <SciRR>
Spencer, Donald D. Dictionary of mathematical quotations. Ormond
Beach, Fla., Camelot Pub. Co., c1999. 145 p.
QA99.S78 1999
Statistically speaking: a dictionary of quotations. Selected and
arranged by Carl C. Gaither and Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither; illustrated
by Andrew Slocombe. Bristol, Eng., Philadelphia, Institute of Physics
Pub., 1996. 420 p.
Bibliography: p. 289-319.
QA273.S742 1996
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Medicine
Accardo, Pasquale J. The medical almanac: a calendar of dates
of significance to the profession of medicine, including fascinating
illustrations, medical milestones, dates of birth and death of
notable
physicians, brief biographical sketches, quotations, and assorted
medical curiosities and trivia. Totowa, N.J., Humana Press, c1992.
247 p.
R104.A33 1992 <SciRR>
A Doctor's Shakespeare: a collection of medical quotations
from Shakespeare. Compiled by James Foster. [United States], Xlibris
Corp., c2001. 266 p.
Bibliography: p. 259.
PR3062.S48 2001
Lindsey, John H. Medical quotations from English prose. Boston,
Richard G. Badger, 1924. 298 p.
R705.L6
Medical quotes: a thematic dictionary. Edited by John Daintith
and Amanda Isaacs. Oxford, Eng., New York, Facts on File, c1989.
260 p.
R705.M44 1989 <SciRR>
Medically speaking: a dictionary of quotations on dentistry,
medicine, and nursing. Selected and arranged by Carl C. Gaither and Alma E.
Cavazos-Gaither; illustrated by Andrew Slocombe. Bristol, Eng.,
Philadelphia, Institute of Physics Pub., 1999. 481 p.
Bibliography: p. 376-401.
R705.M46 1999 <SciRR>
Medicine in quotations: views of health and disease through
the ages. Edited by Edward J. Huth and T. Jock Murray. Philadelphia,
American College of Physicians, c2000. 524 p.
R705.M465 2000 <SciRR>
Osler, William. The quotable Osler. Edited by Mark E. Silverman,
T. Jock Murray, and Charles S. Bryan. Philadelphia, American College
of Physicians, 2003. 283 p. 2003.
Bibliography: p. 271.
R705.O83 2002 <SciRR>
Strauss, Maurice B., ed. Familiar medical quotations. Boston, Little,
Brown,1968. 968 p.
R707.S75 <SciRR>
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Nature, Environment, and Gardening
Bloom, James Harvey. Shakespeare's garden; being a compendium
of quotations and references from the bard to all manner of flower,
tree, bush, vine, and herb, arranged according to the month in
which
they are seen to flourish. London, Methuen, 1903; Detroit, Tower
Books, 1971. 243 p.
PR3041.B5 1971
A Dictionary of environmental quotations. Compiled by Barbara K.
Rodes and Rice Odell. New York, Simon & Schuster, c1992. 335
p.
PN6084.N2D53 1992 <SciRR>
Reprinted in paperback in 1998 by Johns Hopkins
University Press.
A Gardener's bouquet of quotations. Compiled and edited by Maria
Polushkin Robbins. New York, Dutton, c1993. 270 p.
PN6084.G33G37 1993
Gardens: quotations on the perennial pleasures of soil, seed,
and sun. Compiled by Holly Hughes; illus. by Mary Woodin. Philadelphia,
Running Press, c1994. 156 p.
N6084.G33G38 1994
Haines, Jennie Day, comp. Ye gardeyn boke; a collection of
quotations instructive and sentimental. San Francisco and New York, P. Elder
& Co. [1906] 72 p.
SB455.H3
Meditations on the earth: a book of quotations, poetry, and
prose.
Compiled by Holly Hughes; illus. by Mark Weakley. Berkeley, Calif.,
Nature Co., c1994. 288 p.
PN6071.N3M43 1994
A Nature lover's book of quotations. Compiled and edited by Tom
Crider; wood engravings by Thomas W. Nason. Southbury, Conn., Birch
Tree Pub., c2000. 217 p.
PN6110.N2N38 2000
NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) wilderness wisdom:
quotes for inspirational explorations. Edited by John Gookin. Mechanicsburg,
Pa., Stackpole Books, c2003. 140 p.
PN6084.N2W55 2003
The Quotable gardener. Edited by Charles Elliott. New York, Lyons
Press, c1999. 271 p.
PN6084.G33Q68 1999
The Quotable gardener: words of wisdom from Walt Whitman,
Jane Austin, Robert Frost, Martha Stewart, the Farmer's almanac,
and
more. Compiled by Kathy Ishizuka. New York, McGraw-Hill, c2001.
267 p.
PN6084.G33Q69 2001
The Quotable nature lover. Compiled by John A. Murray. 1st ed.
New York, Lyons Press, 1999. 226 p.
PN6084.N2 Q68 1999
Terres, John K. Things precious & wild: a book of nature quotations.
Golden, Colo., Fulcrum, c1991. 297 p. PN6084.N2T47
1990 <SciRR>
Thoreau, Henry David. A yearning toward wildness: environmental
quotations from the writings of Henry David Thoreau. Compiled and
edited by Tim Homan. Atlanta, Peachtree Publishers, c1991. 166 p.
PS3042.H58 1991
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