James Jeans Quote

If an interpretation of the workings of nature is to mean anything to us, it must be in terms of ideas which are already in our minds - otherwise it will be incomprehensible to us, and cannot add to our knowledge.


Physics and Philosophy, Chapter I (p. 10), Dover Publications. 1981


If an interpretation of the workings of nature is to mean anything to us, it must be in terms of ideas which are already in our minds - otherwise it...

If an interpretation of the workings of nature is to mean anything to us, it must be in terms of ideas which are already in our minds - otherwise it...

If an interpretation of the workings of nature is to mean anything to us, it must be in terms of ideas which are already in our minds - otherwise it...

If an interpretation of the workings of nature is to mean anything to us, it must be in terms of ideas which are already in our minds - otherwise it...