Natural historians... look for regularities of given forms, but physicists seek the form of given regularities.


The Philosophy of Science: An Introduction, Chapter II, Section 2.8 (p. 53), Harper & Row, Publishers. 1960

Stephen Edelston Toulmin Quotes

Natural historians... look for regularities of given forms, but physicists seek the form of given regularities.

Natural historians... look for regularities of given forms, but physicists seek the form of given regularities.

Natural historians... look for regularities of given forms, but physicists seek the form of given regularities.

Natural historians... look for regularities of given forms, but physicists seek the form of given regularities.