Bent Quote by Peter D. Mitchell

An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually…

— Max Planck

At any one time there is a natural tendency among physicists to believe that we already know the essential ingredients of a comprehensive theory…

— Val Logsdon Fitch

“Real science is recognizing an outcome, not always about reinforcing your theory.”

— Jeffrey Fry

Although scientists can often be as resistant to new ideas as anyone, the process of science ensures that, over time, good ideas and theories…

— Dean Ornish

“Every serious scientific worker is painfully conscious of this involuntary relegation to an ever-narrowing sphere of knowledge, which is threatening to deprive the investigator…

— Albert Einstein The World As I See It

“When scientists underestimate complexity, they fall prey to the perils of unintended consequences.”

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

“Here is Thomas Kuhn, the philosopher of science, describing the way scientists react when their pet theories are unraveling: “What scientists never do when…

— Kathryn Schulz

“We have known for a long time that the pantheon of science is decorated with failure. Failures are the moving force in science: they…

— Joseph Jebelli

“Scientific truth is characterized by its exactness and the rigorous quality of its assumptions. But experimental science wins these admirable qualities at the cost…

— José Ortega y Gasset

The incorrectness and weaknesses of a theory cause other minds to formulate the problems more exactly and in this way scientific progress is made.

— Robert Barany

The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.

— Manly Hall

[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

— Jules Verne