Our conviction that nature is understandable and subject to law arose from the narrowness of our horizons, and that if we sufficiently extend our range we shall find that nature is intrinsically and in its elements neither understandable nor subject to law.


The New Vision of Science, Harper's Magazine, Volume 158, March 1929 (p. 444)

Percy Williams Bridgman Quotes

Our conviction that nature is understandable and subject to law arose from the narrowness of our horizons, and that if we sufficiently extend our...

Our conviction that nature is understandable and subject to law arose from the narrowness of our horizons, and that if we sufficiently extend our...

Our conviction that nature is understandable and subject to law arose from the narrowness of our horizons, and that if we sufficiently extend our...

Our conviction that nature is understandable and subject to law arose from the narrowness of our horizons, and that if we sufficiently extend our...