Greater Quote by Albert Einstein

A theory is the more impressive the greater is the simplicity of its premises, the more different are the kinds of things it relates…

— Albert Einstein

“A theory is more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises, the more different are the kinds of things it relates, and the…

— Albert Einstein

A theory is a good theory if it satisfies two requirements: it must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of…

— Stephen Hawking

A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the…

— Albert Einstein

A theory is just a mathematical model to describe the observations.

— Karl Popper

The strength of a theory is not what it allows, but what it prohibits; if you can invent an equally persuasive explanation for any…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

Theory is worth but little, unless it can explain its own phenomena, and it must effect this without contradicting itself; therefore, the facts are…

— Charles Caleb Colton

[Theory is] an explanation that has been confirmed to such a degree, by observation and experiment, that knowledgeable experts accept it as fact. That's…

— David Quammen

Think of a hypothesis as a card. A theory is a house made of hypotheses.

— Marilyn vos Savant

“Simpler theories may be more convenient to work with, but they are not intrinsically more probable than complex ones.”

— Samir Okasha

The power of a theory is exactly proportional to the diversity of situations it can explain.

— Elinor Ostrom

“Do not be afraid of the word 'theory'. Yes, it can sound dauntingly abstract at times, and in the hands of some writers can…

— Richard Howells