Arithmetic Quote by Vannevar Bush

If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world.…

— Vannevar Bush

Scientific reasoning is a dialogue between the possible and the actual, between proposal and disposal between what might be true, and what is in…

— Peter Medawar

Scientific reasoning is a kind of dialogue between the possible and the actual, between what might be and what is in fact the case.

— Peter Medawar

“Scientific communities persistently overlooked an elementary weakness: If scientific reasoning is at issue, it cannot decide this issue.”

— Yuval Kanev, Helpless Earth: Reckless Science

The new coherent picture is not yet available. With all their immense empirical success, G(eneral)R(elativity) and Q(uantum)M(echanics) have left us with an understanding of…

— Carlo Rovelli

“Every element of understanding of the physical world has flexibility.”

— Steven Redhead

Well, gauge theory is very fundamental to our understanding of physical forces these days. But they are also dependent on a mathematical idea, which…

— Roger Penrose

Science gives you an understanding of the physical world, and it increases the capacity for fascination.

— Reggie Watts

If you really want to contribute to our theoretical understanding of physical laws - and it is an exciting experience if you succeed! -…

— Gerard 't Hooft

The scientific method is nearly perfect for understanding the physical aspects of our life. But it is a radically limited viewfinder in its inability…

— Huston Smith

“If the deep logic of what determines the value of the fine-structure constant also played a significant role in our understanding of all the…

— John D. Barrow

People outside the profession of architecture perhaps often lack the understanding of how their physical environment comes into being. What are the processes, the…

— Bjarke Ingels