Gilbert N. Lewis Quote

In every new and growing science there are many working hypotheses that never attain to any sort of reality. On the other hand, in the old and abstract sciences of mathematics, where it is hard to tell how much is mere definition or convention, the problem of reality is not so much doubtful as it is meaningless.


The Anatomy of Science, Chapter I (p. 19), Yale University Press. 1926


In every new and growing science there are many working hypotheses that never attain to any sort of reality. On the other hand, in the old and...

In every new and growing science there are many working hypotheses that never attain to any sort of reality. On the other hand, in the old and...

In every new and growing science there are many working hypotheses that never attain to any sort of reality. On the other hand, in the old and...

In every new and growing science there are many working hypotheses that never attain to any sort of reality. On the other hand, in the old and...