A theory is scientific only if it can be disproved. But the moment you try to cover absolutely everything the chances are that you cover nothing.
[Science doesn't deal with facts; indeed] fact is an emotion-loaded word for which there is little place in scientific debate. - Hermann Bondi
[Science doesn't deal with facts; indeed] fact is an emotion-loaded word for which there is little place in scientific debate.
- Hermann Bondi
The true contrast between science and religion is that science unites the world and makes it possible for people of widely differing backgrounds to w… - Hermann Bondi
The true contrast between science and religion is that science unites the world and makes it possible for people of widely differing backgrounds to w…
All science is full of statements where you put your best face on your ignorance, where you say: ... we know awfully little about this, but more or l… - Hermann Bondi
All science is full of statements where you put your best face on your ignorance, where you say: ... we know awfully little about this, but more or l…
What I remember most clearly was that when I put down a suggestion that seemed to me cogent and reasonable, Einstein did not in the least contest thi… - Hermann Bondi
What I remember most clearly was that when I put down a suggestion that seemed to me cogent and reasonable, Einstein did not in the least contest thi…
If you walk along the street you will encounter a number of scientific problems. Of these, about 80 per cent are insoluble, while 19½ per cent are tr… - Hermann Bondi
If you walk along the street you will encounter a number of scientific problems. Of these, about 80 per cent are insoluble, while 19½ per cent are tr…
The scientist … must always be prepared to deal with the unknown. It is an essential part of science that you should be able to describe matters in a… - Hermann Bondi
The scientist … must always be prepared to deal with the unknown. It is an essential part of science that you should be able to describe matters in a…
A theory is scientific only if it can be disproved. But the moment you try to cover absolutely everything the chances are that you cover nothing. - Hermann Bondi
Time is that which is manufactured by clocks. - Hermann Bondi
Time is that which is manufactured by clocks.
Sometimes I am a little unkind to all my many friends in education ... by saying that from the time it learns to talk every child makes a dreadful nu… - Hermann Bondi
Sometimes I am a little unkind to all my many friends in education ... by saying that from the time it learns to talk every child makes a dreadful nu…
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