Max Planck Quotes

Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment.

Scientific method, although in its more refined forms it may seem complicated, is in essence remarkably simply. It consists in observing such facts as will enable the observer to discover general laws governing facts of the kind in question. The two stages, first of observation, and second of inference to a law, are both essential, and each is susceptible of almost indefinite refinement. (1931)

Experiment is fundamentally only induced observation.

Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method.

Science by itself is about numbers, and it's about measuring things. It's very important but it's very dry.

if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.

Experimenters are the shock troops of science.

In science we have to consider two things: power and circumstance.

We must have the real thing before we can have a science of a thing.

Scientific research was much like prospecting: you went out and you hunted, armed with your maps and instruments, but in the ened your preparations did not matter, or even your intuition. You needed your luck, and whatever benefits accrued to the diligent, through sheer, grinding hard work.

Science is a combination of theory and experiment and the two together are how you make progress.

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

The true method of knowledge is experiment.

There are an infinite number of boring things to do in science.

The heart of science is measurement.

Science cannot progress without reliable and accurate measurement of what it is you are trying to study. The key is measurement, simple as that.

Experience by itself is not science.

A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.

Science is a set of methods designed to describe and interpret observed or inferred phenomenon, past or present, and aimed at building a testable body of knowledge open to rejection or confirmation.

Science is a mechanism, a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature. It's a system for testing your thoughts against the universe, and seeing whether they match.

Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment. Sometimes it is one foot which is put forward first, sometimes the other, but continuous progress is only made by the use of both.

Science demands patience.

Hypotheses are only the pieces of scaffolding which are erected round a building during the course of construction, and which are taken away as soon as the edifice is completed.

In the philosophic sense, observation shows and experiment teaches.