Pierre Duhem Quote

Physics makes progress because experiment constantly causes new disagreements to break out between laws and facts, and because physicists constantly touch up and modify laws in order that they may more faithfully represent the facts.

The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory, Part II, Chapter V (p. 177), Princeton University Press. 1954

Physics makes progress because experiment constantly causes new disagreements to break out between laws and facts, and because physicists constantly...

Physics makes progress because experiment constantly causes new disagreements to break out between laws and facts, and because physicists constantly...

Physics makes progress because experiment constantly causes new disagreements to break out between laws and facts, and because physicists constantly...

Physics makes progress because experiment constantly causes new disagreements to break out between laws and facts, and because physicists constantly...