Jeremy Bernstein Quote

I would insist that any proposal for a radically new theory in physics or in any other science, contain a clear explanation of why the precedent science worked. What new domain of experience is being explored by the new science, and how does it meld with the old?


Cranks, Quarks, and the Cosmos: Writings on Science, Chapter 1 (p. 18)


I would insist that any proposal for a radically new theory in physics or in any other science, contain a clear explanation of why the precedent...

I would insist that any proposal for a radically new theory in physics or in any other science, contain a clear explanation of why the precedent...

I would insist that any proposal for a radically new theory in physics or in any other science, contain a clear explanation of why the precedent...

I would insist that any proposal for a radically new theory in physics or in any other science, contain a clear explanation of why the precedent...