Joseph William Mellor Quote

It is a popular belief that the aim of science is to explain things: as a matter of fact, the so-called explanations of science do not usually get much beyond describing the observed facts in the simplest possible terms so as to make their relations with one another clear and intelligible.


A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, (Volume 1), Chapter I (p. 13)


It is a popular belief that the aim of science is to explain things: as a matter of fact, the so-called explanations of science do not usually get...

It is a popular belief that the aim of science is to explain things: as a matter of fact, the so-called explanations of science do not usually get...

It is a popular belief that the aim of science is to explain things: as a matter of fact, the so-called explanations of science do not usually get...

It is a popular belief that the aim of science is to explain things: as a matter of fact, the so-called explanations of science do not usually get...