Henry Margenau - The nature of physical reality (1950)

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A quest for the real inspires... the scientist with curiosity and zeal for new adventures; it sets the mind of the philosopher to a contemplation of past pinnacles of thought; it leads the historian to scrutinize the recorded deeds of man for constant patterns.

Henry Margenau

The greatest thrill for a scientist comes not when he has demonstrated a conjecture to be valid but when a departure from expectations convinces him that an accepted theory is wrong.

Henry Margenau

It is in fact obvious that science should be pressed to say all it can about any problem which is at all susceptible to scientific treatment.

Henry Margenau

To gain knowledge of general principles by way of abstract exposition is a possible but not an expeditious course. It seems wiser to approach them with a large but well-defined project in view, a project which calls for continued and varied application of the principles to be studied, and which may serve at once as goal and as illustration.

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