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Lewis Wolpert CBE FRS FRSL FMedSci (born 19 October 1929) is a South African-born British developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster. Wolpert is recognized for his work on the intracellular positional information that guides cellular development. In addition, he has published several popular science books.

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When it was suggested to Pasteur that many of his great achievements depended on luck, he replied - I'm sure with more than a little irritation - 'In the field of observation in science, fortune only favours the prepared mind. ' It is not by chance that it is always the great scientists who have the luck.

Achievement, Depended, Irritation, Luck, Science

The image of the disinterested, dispassionate scientist is no less false than that of the mad scientist who is willing to destroy the world for knowledge.

Dispassionate, Mad, Scientist, Willing, World

Reliable scientific knowledge is value free and has no moral or ethical value. Science tells us how the world is. . . . Dangers and ethical issue arise only when science is applied as technology.

Issue, Knowledge, Science, Technology, Tells

The physics of motion provides one of the clearest examples of the counter-intuitive and unexpected nature of science.

Example, Motion, Physics, Provides, Unexpected

I regard it as ethically unacceptable and impractical to censor any aspect of trying to understand the nature of our world.

Aspect, Impractical, Our World, Regard, Trying, Unacceptable

Both Newton and Darwin were driven by the data and were forced to recognize that they couldn't explain everything. It may be a characteristic of great scientists to know what to accept and what to leave out.

Characteristic, Data, Explain, May, Newton

There is zero evidence for god.

Evidence, God, Religion, Zero

I strongly hold that, if an idea fits with common sense, then scientifically it is almost certain to be false.

Common, Common Sense, Fit, Idea, Ideas, Sense

It is not birth, marriage, or death, but gastrulation which is truly the most important time in your life.

Death, Life, Marriage, Time

Depression is sadness gone wrong

Depression, Gone, Sadness, Wrong

I would teach the world that science is the best way to understand the world and that for any set of observations, there is only one correct explanation. Also, science is value-free, as it explains the world as it is. Ethical issues arise only when science is applied to technology - from medicine to industry.

Correct, Issues, Science, Technology, World