George Paget Thomson Quote

One can always make a theory, many theories, to account for known facts, occasionally even to predict new ones. The test is aesthetic.


The Inspiration of Science - Chapter II (p. 17), Oxford University Press, Inc. 1961


One can always make a theory, many theories, to account for known facts, occasionally even to predict new ones. The test is aesthetic.

One can always make a theory, many theories, to account for known facts, occasionally even to predict new ones. The test is aesthetic.

One can always make a theory, many theories, to account for known facts, occasionally even to predict new ones. The test is aesthetic.

One can always make a theory, many theories, to account for known facts, occasionally even to predict new ones. The test is aesthetic.