George William Gray Quote

Theory is built on experiment, and experiment and discovery are guided by theory; science is forever stumbling forward from one approximation to a closer one, and the story of knowledge is a record of continual change.


New World Picture, Preface (p. viii), Little, Brown & Co. 1935


Theory is built on experiment, and experiment and discovery are guided by theory; science is forever stumbling forward from one approximation to a...

Theory is built on experiment, and experiment and discovery are guided by theory; science is forever stumbling forward from one approximation to a...

Theory is built on experiment, and experiment and discovery are guided by theory; science is forever stumbling forward from one approximation to a...

Theory is built on experiment, and experiment and discovery are guided by theory; science is forever stumbling forward from one approximation to a...