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The most convincing proof of the conversion of heat into living force [vis viva] has been derived from my experiments with the electro-magnetic engine, a… — James Prescott Joule
A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory. — Albert Einstein
I will simply express my strong belief, that that point of self-education which consists in teaching the mind to resist its desires and inclinations, until… — Michael Faraday
The old scientific ideal of episteme - of absolutely certain, demonstrable knowledge - has proved to be an idol. The demand for scientific objectivity makes… — Karl Popper
[Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the greatest… — W. W. Rouse Ball
It has sometimes been said that the success of the Origin proved "that the subject was in the air," or "that men's minds were prepared… — Charles Darwin
Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we have proved it,… — Benjamin Peirce
Much scientific truth proved to be as hypothetical as poetic allegory. The relationshiip of those rod-connected blue and red balls to an actual atomic structure… — Tom Robbins
What chemists took from Dalton was not new experimental laws but a new way of practicing chemistry (he himself called it the 'new system of… — Thomas Kuhn
In the history of physics, there have been three great revolutions in thought that first seemed absurd yet proved to be true. The first proposed… — Edward Teller
Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to… — George Bernard Shaw
I think that one of the causes of these repeated failures is that our best and greatest men have greatly underestimated the size of this… — Abraham Lincoln
You have proved it is a very moral habit. — Benjamin Disraeli
This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good… — Queen Elizabeth II
What if God were not exactly truth, and if this could be proved? And if he were instead the vanity, the desire for power, the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
After chiding the theologian for his reliance on myth and miracle, science found itself in the unenviable position of having to create mythology of its… — Loren Eiseley
History down through the centuries has proved again and again that there can be but one outcome to a struggle for selfish power against forces… — Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.
Raising funds for my fourth expedition proved to be very difficult. — Louis Leakey
Most of the people...they say gays are born that way and it has been...proven...That is a lie. That's what's called a lie. It is not… — Scott Lively
[T]he history of science has proved that fundamental research is the lifeblood of individual progress and that the ideas that lead to spectacular advances spring… — Edward Victor Appleton

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