Nature of science

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Since the measuring device has been constructed by the observer... We have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning.

Werner Heisenberg

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Werner Heisenberg

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

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Original Citation

Heisenberg, Werner. Lecture about the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum theory. Gifford Lectures. 1955-1956, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland.

Current Citation

Heisenberg, Werner. "The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory." Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007.

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

Ernest Rutherford

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Ernest Rutherford

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English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Rutherford, Ernest. Quoted in Rutherford at Manchester, by J. B. Birks. Heywood and Company, 1962.

In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.

Karl Popper

The Logic of Scientific Discovery

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Scientific theory Nature of science

Author

Karl Popper

Source

The Logic of Scientific Discovery

Genre

Scientific literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

German

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

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Original Citation

Popper, Karl. Logik der Forschung [The Logic of Research]. Julius Springer, 1934, pt. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Popper, Karl. The Logic of Scientific Discovery. Routledge, 2002, pt. 1, ch. 1.

Science is whatever we want it to be.

30 Rock

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Dr. Spaceman

Actor

Chris Parnell

Source

30 Rock

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

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Citation

"Fireworks." 30 Rock, written by Tina Fey and Dave Finkel, directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, season 1, episode 18, Broadway Video and Little Stranger, 2007.

Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.

Stephen Jay Gould

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Author

Stephen Jay Gould

Source

The Independent

Genre

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Gould, Stephen Jay. Independent. 24 Jan. 1990.