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Both induction and deduction, reasoning from the particular and the general, and back again from the universal to the specific, form the essence to…

— Hans Christian von Baeyer

By explanation the scientist understands nothing except the reduction to the least and simplest basic laws possible, beyond which he cannot go, but must…

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

“Even science is inductive, relying on observations and best explanations, not always deductive conclusions.”

— Nabeel Qureshi

The method of science depends on our attempts to describe the world with simple theories: theories that are complex may become untestable, even if…

— Karl Popper

One cannot explain words without making incursions into the sciences themselves, as is evident from dictionaries; and, conversely, one cannot present a science without…

— Gottfried Leibniz

One important idea is that science is a means whereby learning is achieved, not by mere theoretical speculation on the one hand, nor by…

— George E. P. Box

Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.

— Edward Teller

“Science is a system of rational thought devised to investigate the world and establish the laws by which it operates. The scientist uses those…

— Joe Abercrombie

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.

— Albert Einstein

Every one who understands the subject will agree that even the basis on which the scientific explanation of nature rests is intelligible only to…

— Felix Klein

Science, in its ultimate ideal, consists of a set of propositions arranged in a hierarchy, the lowest level of the hierarchy being concerned with…

— Bertrand Russell

In order to displace a prevailing theory or paradigm in science, it is not enough to merely point out what it cannot explain; you…

— Michael Shermer