Historical Discoveries Prints

The jigsaw is born

"Ya know, 'DUH' can be a very hurtful word."

'The church says the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round for I have seen the shadow on the Moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.'

'I pledge allegiance to the atom, and to the periodic table on which it stands, many particles indivisible, with orbitals and electrons for all.'

Intelligent people laugh too!

"Congratulations, Amruk. You prove they do exist."

"I don’t know what your invention’s called, but it’s really irritating."

"Is this the best investment strategy you could come up with?"

"You have to believe what you're doing will lead to something valuable, even though it probably won't."

On a hot day in 1941, scientists uncovered the only known remains of the elusive nerdosaurus rex,

'Wentworth Street, Whitechapel'

'I think I'll stay in and try to catch up on my reading.'

The star hunters

Wilhelm Rontgen's first attempt at X-rays: shining a bright light through Madame Rontgen.

"Oh, puhleeese. No one's going to steal your idea."

"There is a 5 month slow down. You are still on the fastest route. You will arrive next year."

'What's most depressing is the realization that everything we believe will be disproved in a few years.'

'Let's call him lucky!'

'Well, well - this should create a nice little wave of panic and hysteria.'

"It's running five minutes fast."

"It says here that study claims chimps and humans are 96% the same. What's your thoughts Derek?"

"I guess one of the bunnies was a boy after all!"

'There goes another one. Galileo, don't you have any idea what makes them do that?'

Long before Newton, Yampoo discovers gravity, unfortunately the Liazo Tribe doesn't have a written alphabet.

"Sadie, I just heard they discovered lots of ancient cities buried hundreds of years ago in the jungles of Cambodia. They've each got weird geometric patterns outlining what may have been gardens. But no one really knows what they were used for. I guess what I'm asking you is... what were they used for? Y'know, since you were there to see them in their prime. They were used for ritual sacrifices of dullards. For educational purposes, I shall now perform one."

'Put that down your fool! It's a bone of contention.'

News of the Day - Savings Bank.

'We made something greater than sliced bread, we built a better mousetrap...are we resting on our laurels?'

'So what if you found it? Whatever it is, it belongs to ME! Now, get off my beach!'

'This stuff is a snap for me. I used to be a pharmacist.'

'This changes everything -- I found a loophole in the genetic code!'

"....After ten o'clock is quiet time on board for the comfort of our passengers."

Professor Urquat makes his final contribution to the world of science.

Greatly enlarged view of newly discovered particle.