It matters little whether the ether really exists; that is the affair of metaphysicians. The essential thing for us is that everything happens as if it existed......some day, no doubt, the ether will be thrown aside as useless.


The Foundations of Science, Science and Hypothesis, Chapter XII (p. 174)

Henri Poincaré Quotes

It matters little whether the ether really exists; that is the affair of metaphysicians. The essential thing for us is that everything happens as if...

It matters little whether the ether really exists; that is the affair of metaphysicians. The essential thing for us is that everything happens as if...

It matters little whether the ether really exists; that is the affair of metaphysicians. The essential thing for us is that everything happens as if...

It matters little whether the ether really exists; that is the affair of metaphysicians. The essential thing for us is that everything happens as if...