Authoritative Quote by Alessandro Volta

Experiment is the mother of knowledge.

— Madeleine L'Engle

I argue that experiments have no special ability to produce more credible knowledge than other methods, and that actual experiments are frequently subject to…

— Angus Deaton

Experiment is the sole source of truth. It alone can teach us something new; it alone can give us certainty.

— Henri Poincare

“The logic of the symbol does not express the experiment; it is the experiment. Language is the phenomenon, and the observation of the phenomenon…

— Carlos Fuentes

“There is a further trouble; no matter how meticulous the scientist, he or she cannot be separated from the experiment itself. Impossible to detach…

— Jeanette Winterson

“Science and observation can only ever tell us the way that things are. They have no influence on the way that things should be.”

— Lewis N. Roe

Experimental science hardly ever affords us more than approximations to the truth; and whenever many agents are concerned we are in great danger of…

— Humphry Davy

“Science is not about building a body of known ‘facts’. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check,…

— Terry Pratchett

“Theories might inspire you, but experiments will advance you.”

— Amit Kalantri

Our hypotheses are initially rooted in theoretical consistency and elegance, but...ultimatel y it is experiment not rigid belief that determines what is correct.

— Lisa Randall

Experiment is the sole source of truth.

— Henri Poincare

“Logic matters. It leads us from simple ideas to surprising conclusions.”

— Steven E. Landsburg