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Albert Einstein was a physicist best known for his theory of relativity. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his discovery of the photoelectric effect and other [...]
Everyone believes in the normal law, the experimenters because they imagine that it is a mathematical theorem, and the mathematicians because they think it is an experimental fact.
The validity of all the Inductive Methods depends on the assumption that every event, or the beginning of every phenomenon, must have some cause.
"When some portion of the biosphere is rather unpopular with the human race [...] there are three sorts of human being who are particularly likely still to see point in it and [...]
"Nature’s economy shall be the base for our own, for it is immutable, but ours is secondary."
"Ecological differentiation is the necessary condition for coexistence."
"Science, history and politics are not suited for discussion except by experts."
"Rejoice when other scientists do not believe what you know to be true. It will give you extra time to work on it in peace."
“A scientist strives to understand the work of Nature. But with our insufficient talents as scientists, we do not hit upon the truth all at once."
“People without independence have no business to meddle with science. It should never be linked with lucre.”