Max Planck Quote

An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature, and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer.


'The Meaning and Limits of Exact Science' (1947), in Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers, trans. Frank Gaynor (1950)


An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature, and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer.

An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature, and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer.

An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature, and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer.

An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature, and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer.