Research Quote by Bill Nye

Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.

— Enrico Fermi

An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.

— Enrico Fermi

Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method.

— Richard P. Feynman

“The textbook version is simple: experimenters find out things in the world, either by seeing them or by making them happen. Theorists try to…

— Konstantin Kakaes

The physicist, in his study of natural phenomena, has two methods of making progress: (1) the method of experiment and observation, and (2) the…

— Paul Dirac

When the scientific method came into being, it gave us a new window on the truth; namely, a method by laboratory-controlled experiments to winnow…

— Huston Smith

Science is not about making predictions or performing experiments. Science is about explaining.

— Bill Gaede

“The practice of good science requires that when we observe something that doesn’t fit a hypothesis, these observations need to be reckoned with somehow.”

— Nina Teicholz

That's how the scientists discover new science. They start out with a hypothesis--an idea--and then others believe enough in the idea that they make…

— Esther Hicks

“Follow the formula: observe, hypothesize, test (repeat).”

— Anna Akbari

I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.'

— Nate Silver

Scientists actively approach the door to knowledge—the boundary of the domain of what we know. We question and explore and we change our views…

— Lisa Randall