Roger Joseph Boscovich Professions : Physicist Born : May 18, 1711 Died : February 13, 1787 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Roger Joseph Boscovich Were it not for gravity one man might hurl another by a puff of his breath into the depths of space, beyond recall for all eternity. Roger Joseph Boscovich space men science Prejudice for regularity and simplicity is a source of error that has only too often infected philosophy. Roger Joseph Boscovich errors philosophy science It will be found that everything depends on the composition of the forces with which the particles of matter act upon one another; and from these forces, as a matter of fact, all phenomena of Nature take their origin. Roger Joseph Boscovich force matter facts Similar Authors Gabriel Lippmann physicist Burton Richter physicist Bruno Rossi physicist Bruce Maccabee physicist Brian Cox physicist Allan McLeod Cormack physicist All Authors