Max Planck Quote

Every measurement first acquires its meaning for physical science through the significance which a theory gives it.


Translated by James Murphy, Where Is Science Going?, Chapter III (p. 92)


Every measurement first acquires its meaning for physical science through the significance which a theory gives it.

Every measurement first acquires its meaning for physical science through the significance which a theory gives it.

Every measurement first acquires its meaning for physical science through the significance which a theory gives it.

Every measurement first acquires its meaning for physical science through the significance which a theory gives it.