Ivan Pavlov Quote

What is a scientific laboratory? It is a small world, a small corner of reality. And in this small corner man labors with his mind at the task of... knowing this reality in order correctly to predict what will happen... even to direct this reality according to his will, to command it, if this is within our technical means.

In: Daniel R Todes, Pavlov's Physiology Factory: Experiment, Interpretation, Laboratory