Sentence examples for scientific impulse from inspiring English sources

It seems mad but, Dillard asks, is not that hope what secretly drives the scientific impulse?

The leading historians of the French Enlightenment, Montesquieu (1689 1755) and Voltaire (1694 1778), responded in different ways to the scientific impulse.

Part of the thrill is knowing that this is the pure pursuit of knowledge, the scientific impulse — a human impulse — carried to a remarkable conclusion.

"We become fascinated by certain aspects of the world and I think at the first level that's just a sort of aesthetic appreciation, but then I think that can lead into a deeper questioning, which is like, 'Why is that beautiful?' or, 'How does that happen?' I think wonder is connected in a way to the scientific impulse and the desire to probe deeper and understand". .

Stewing in the saccharine runoff of rave music, Senni returns to scientific impulses with this giddy disassembly of one of dance music's most ecstatic subgenres.

The core of "Voyage of Time" is the search for a beginning, for the emotional and aesthetic energy that gives rise to the scientific and artistic impulses, the urge for discovery and creation.

An armchair psychologist might consider Isabelle's silence in light of her other quirks, like her habit of arranging groceries in the cart "with scientific precision" and her impulse to cut off her hair when she can't undo a tangle.

In the scientific community, however, the impulse is exactly the opposite: when the economy slows and money gets tight, research funding tends to get more conservative.

These men were fired by different impulses — religion, scientific inquiry and a thirst for fame — but they were not driven (at least not primarily) by a desire to stamp British imperial authority on the empty spaces of the map.

Gore explains that scientists have previously overturned accepted views, so there's a "natural respect" for a contrarian impulse in the scientific community.

Neither vulgarity nor fantasy, neither visionary scientific ambitions nor strange personal impulses intrude on its earnest methodical complacency.