Believer Quote by Thomas Kuhn

“The argument is that we are influenced by historical research.” Michael Simpson glanced over at Sophie before continuing. “When one commences an education, to…

— Erik Hamre

Moving forward in science is as much unwinding the distorted thinking of the past as it is putting a clearer idea on the table.

— Craig Venter

The scientists often have more unfettered imaginations than current philosophers do. Relativity theory came as a complete surprise to philosophers, and so did quantum…

— Robert Nozick

The progress of science is much more muddled than is depicted in most history books. This is especially true of theoretical physics, partly because…

— David Gross

It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.

— Ernst Mayr

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

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

“Science is progressive and self-correcting: no significantly erroneous conclusions or false hypotheses can be sustained for long, as newer observations will ultimately knock down…

— Francis S. Collins

It is in scientific honesty that I endorse the presentation of alternative theories for the origin of the universe, life and man in the…

— Wernher von Braun

Relativity was a highly technical new theory that gave new meanings to familiar concepts and even to the nature of the theory itself. The…

— David C. Cassidy

Most of the time, when I get an idea that hinges on some science 'thing,' it will have been because of something I read…

— Alastair Reynolds

“I believe that the Big-Bang Theory and the Evolution Theory, as well as Einstein’s Special Relativity Theory which does not allow for the existence…

— Dr. Takaaki Musha