In real science a hypothesis can never be proved true...A science which confines itself to correlating phenomena can never learn anything about… — James Jeans Copy Share Image
...to many it is not knowledge but the quest for knowledge that gives greater interest to thought-to travel hopefully is better than to arrive. — James Jeans Copy Share Image
Kant, discussing the various modes of perception by which the human mind apprehends nature, concluded that it is specially prone to see nature through… — James Jeans Copy Share Image
Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars. — James Jeans Copy Share Image
Humanity is at the very beginning of its existence-a new-born babe, with all the unexplored potentialities of babyhood; and until the last few moments… — James Jeans Copy Share Image
We have already considered with disfavour the possibility of the universe having been planned by a biologist or an engineer; from the intrinsic evidence… — James Jeans Copy Share Image
“If we assume that the last breath of, say, Julius Caesar has by now become thoroughly scattered through the atmosphere, then the chances are… — James Jeans Copy Share Image
The plain fact is that there are no conclusions. If we must state a conclusion, it would be that many of the former conclusions… — James Jeans Copy Share Image
The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.[make the best of what… — James Jeans Copy Share Image
Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties. — James Jeans Copy Share Image
From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician. — James Jeans Copy Share Image
Sciences usually advances by a succession of small steps, through a fog in which even the most keen-sighted explorer can seldom see more than… — James Jeans Copy Share Image
