# Quote — Stephen Baxter, Raft

> The secret of a Scientist is not what he knows. It’s what he asks.

- Author: [Stephen Baxter](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter.md)
- Book: [Raft](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter/raft.md)
- Page: 45
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Baxter#Raft_(1991)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter/raft/the-secret-of-a-scientist

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> “Hunger,” Hollerbach said. “The universal imperative.”

p. 153 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter/raft/hunger-hollerbach-said.md)

> The essential condition for life is the existence of sharp energy gradients.

p. 151 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter/raft/the-essential-condition.md)