Ivar Ekeland Quote

Nowadays, however, we are much more aware of the fact that the best proof in the world is worth no more than its premises: every scientific theory is transitory and provisional, in wait for a better one, and accepted only as long as the experimental results conform to its predictions.


Chapter 3, The Least Action Principle, p. 48. - The Best of All Possible Worlds (2006)


Nowadays, however, we are much more aware of the fact that the best proof in the world is worth no more than its premises: every scientific theory is ...

Nowadays, however, we are much more aware of the fact that the best proof in the world is worth no more than its premises: every scientific theory is ...

Nowadays, however, we are much more aware of the fact that the best proof in the world is worth no more than its premises: every scientific theory is ...

Nowadays, however, we are much more aware of the fact that the best proof in the world is worth no more than its premises: every scientific theory is ...