Max Planck Quote

Since Galileo's time, physics has achieved its greatest success by rejecting all teleological methods.


Translated by R. Jones and D.H. Williams, A Survey of Physics: A Collection of Lectures and Essays, The Principle of Least Action (p. 73)


Since Galileo's time, physics has achieved its greatest success by rejecting all teleological methods.

Since Galileo's time, physics has achieved its greatest success by rejecting all teleological methods.

Since Galileo's time, physics has achieved its greatest success by rejecting all teleological methods.

Since Galileo's time, physics has achieved its greatest success by rejecting all teleological methods.