Max Planck Quote

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.


A Scientific Autobiography (1949, translated by F. Gaynor)


A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die,...

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die,...

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die,...

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die,...