Human nature always has tried to form for itself a simple and synoptic image of the surrounding world. In doing this it tries to construct a picture which will give some sort of tangible expression to what the human mind sees in nature.


Translated by James Murphy, In Max Planck, Where Is Science Going?


Human nature always has tried to form for itself a simple and synoptic image of the surrounding world. In doing this it tries to construct a picture...

Human nature always has tried to form for itself a simple and synoptic image of the surrounding world. In doing this it tries to construct a picture...

Human nature always has tried to form for itself a simple and synoptic image of the surrounding world. In doing this it tries to construct a picture...

Human nature always has tried to form for itself a simple and synoptic image of the surrounding world. In doing this it tries to construct a picture...