Frank Oppenheimer Quotes

• The best way to learn is to teach

  Frank Oppenheimer

  Way, Teach, Best Way

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• Scientists and artists are the world's noticers. Their job is simply to notice what other people cannot.

  Frank Oppenheimer

  Jobs, Artist, People

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• Understanding is a lot like sex; it’s got a practical purpose, but that’s not why people do it normally.

  Frank Oppenheimer

  Sex, People, Understanding

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• Nobody ever flunked a science museum

  Frank Oppenheimer

  Museums

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• There are two things that people [are surrounded by and] avoid trying to understand. One is music, and the other is electricity.

  Frank Oppenheimer

  Two, People, Trying

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• Many people who talk about the discovery method of teaching are really talking about arranging a lesson or an experiment so that students discover what they are supposed to discover. That is not an exploration. The whole tradition of exploration is being lost for entire generations.

  Frank Oppenheimer

  Teaching, Discovery, Talking

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