Edwin Slosson Quote

The scientist does not abandon a theory because it has inconsistencies any more than he divorces his wife because she has inconsistencies.


Easy Lesson in Einstein: A Discussion of the More Intelligible Features, of the Theory of Relativity, Scientific Versus Legal Laws (p. 106), Harcourt, Brace & Company. 1920


The scientist does not abandon a theory because it has inconsistencies any more than he divorces his wife because she has inconsistencies.

The scientist does not abandon a theory because it has inconsistencies any more than he divorces his wife because she has inconsistencies.

The scientist does not abandon a theory because it has inconsistencies any more than he divorces his wife because she has inconsistencies.

The scientist does not abandon a theory because it has inconsistencies any more than he divorces his wife because she has inconsistencies.