For science, there are many possible worlds; but the interesting one is the world that exists and has already shown itself to be at work for a long time. Science attempts to confront the possible with the actual.


The Possible and the Actual, Myth and Science (p. 12), Pantheon Books. 1982

François Jacob Quotes

For science, there are many possible worlds; but the interesting one is the world that exists and has already shown itself to be at work for a long...

For science, there are many possible worlds; but the interesting one is the world that exists and has already shown itself to be at work for a long...

For science, there are many possible worlds; but the interesting one is the world that exists and has already shown itself to be at work for a long...

For science, there are many possible worlds; but the interesting one is the world that exists and has already shown itself to be at work for a long...