Discovery Quote by Enrico Fermi

There's two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then…

— Enrico Fermi

An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.

— Enrico Fermi

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

— Enrico Fermi

One finds the truth by making a hypothesis and comparing observations with the hypothesis.

— David Douglass

Look ... first and foremost, I'm a scientist. That means it's my responsibility to make observations and gather evidence before forming a hypothesis, not…

— Allen Steele

Observations not only disturb what is to be measured, they produce it.

— Pascual Jordan

IF there is no experiment,no observation,without observation,no inference,without inference control conclusion(theory or law)cant be stated.one process leads to another,one step mistook may be the…

— Adewale Ajibola

A hypothesis or theory is clear, decisive, and positive, but it is believed by no one but the man who created it. Experimental findings,…

— Harlow Shapley

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

In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two…

— Stanley B. Prusiner

A discovery must be, by definition, at variance with existing knowledge. During my lifetime, I made two. Both were rejected offhand by the popes…

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

“With each step in the process, we used the method of science: Observe. Hypothesize. Predict. Experiment. Compare what you expected with what really happened.”

— Bill Nye