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“The discrepancy between what was expected and what has been observed has grown over the years, and we're straining harder and harder to fill the gap.”

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Jeremiah P. Ostriker

Limited information is available about Jeremiah P. Ostriker, who was born on April 13, 1937, and belongs to an unknown profession or category. more

“The importance of group theory was emphasized very recently when some physicists using group theory predicted the existence of a particle that had never been observed before, and described the properties it should have. Later experiments proved that this particle really exists and has those properties.”

Should Science Existence Groups Theory Should Have Importance Property Experiments Observation Physicist Particles

Author:Irving Adler

“The phenomena of nature, especially those that fall under the inspection of the astronomer, are to be viewed, not only with the usual attention to facts as they occur, but with the eye of reason and experience.”

Reason Facts Eye Science Fall Attention Astronomy Observation Usual Astronomers Inspection

Author:William Herschel

“I don't think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.”

Thinking Should Heard Voters Florida Michigan Independent Voters

Author:Hillary Clinton

“The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like Mars, there will next come a period of wars, seditions, captivity and death of princes, and destruction of cities, together with dryness and fiery meteors in the air, pestilence, and venomous snakes. Lastly, the star became like Saturn, and there will finally come a time of want, death, imprisonment and all sorts of sad things.”

“The two fulcra of medicine are reason and observation. Observation is the clue to guide the physician in his thinking.”

Thinking Two Reason Science Medicine Guides Observation Physicians Clue

Author:Giorgio Baglivi

“The word 'chance' then expresses only our ignorance of the causes of the phenomena that we observe to occur and to succeed one another in no apparent order. Probability is relative in part to this ignorance, and in part to our knowledge.”

Science Order Causes Chance Knowledge Ignorance Succeed Ignorant Observation Relative Probability

Author:Pierre-Simon Laplace

“Today we no longer ask what really goes on in an atom; we ask what is likely to be observed-and with what likelihood-when we subject atoms to any specified influences such as light or heat, magnetic fields or electric currents.”

Light Today Science Asks Influence Subjects Fields Goes On Currents Experiments Observation Heat Atoms Electric Magnetic Likelihood Magnetic Fields

Book:What Little I Remember

Source: What Little I Remember

“We must trust to nothing but facts: These are presented to us by Nature, and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our reasoning to the test of experiment, and never to search for truth but by the natural road of experiment and observation.”

Facts Science Nature Natural Ought Tests Experiments Instance Observation Deception Reasoning Submit Deceiving Search For Truth

Author:Antoine Lavoisier

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