Experiments Quote by Max Born

“The problem of physics is how the actual phenomena, as observed with the help of our sense organs aided by instruments, can be reduced to simple notions which are suited for precise measurement and used of the formulation of quantitative laws. Experiment and Theory in Physics”

Max Born

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Science?is so greatly opposed to history and tradition that it cannot be absorbed by our civilization.

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