Thomas Preston (scientist) Quote

Without a theory all our knowledge of nature would be reduced to a mere inventory of the results of observation. Every scientific theory must be regarded as an effort of the human mind to grasp the truth, and as long as it is consistent with the facts, it forms a chain by which they are linked together and woven into harmony.


The Theory of Heat (2nd edition), Preface to the First Edition (p. vi)


Without a theory all our knowledge of nature would be reduced to a mere inventory of the results of observation. Every scientific theory must be...

Without a theory all our knowledge of nature would be reduced to a mere inventory of the results of observation. Every scientific theory must be...

Without a theory all our knowledge of nature would be reduced to a mere inventory of the results of observation. Every scientific theory must be...

Without a theory all our knowledge of nature would be reduced to a mere inventory of the results of observation. Every scientific theory must be...