The value which every scientific theory possesses is measured by the number and importance of the objects which can be explained by it, as well as by the simplicity and universality of the causes which are employed in it as grounds of explanation.


Translated by Edwin Ray Lankester, The History of Creation, Or, The Development of the Earth and Its, Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes (Volume 1) (4th edition)

William Robert Grove Quotes

The value which every scientific theory possesses is measured by the number and importance of the objects which can be explained by it, as well as by ...

The value which every scientific theory possesses is measured by the number and importance of the objects which can be explained by it, as well as by ...

The value which every scientific theory possesses is measured by the number and importance of the objects which can be explained by it, as well as by ...

The value which every scientific theory possesses is measured by the number and importance of the objects which can be explained by it, as well as by ...