Science Quotes

"The motions of bodies are of two kinds, absolute and relative."

"I am convinced that the electromagnetic force is as fundamental as gravity."

"The universe speaks to us in mathematical language."

"The invisible forces that move the world are as real as we can measure them."

"Every measurement is a conversation with the universe."

"Nature's laws are written in the language of mathematics."

"Every experiment is a conversation with reality."

"To understand electricity is to understand the very fabric of existence."

"I have also a paper afloat, with an electromagnetic theory of light, which, till I am convinced to the contrary, I hold to be great guns."

"The theory of magnetism is still a matter of some uncertainty."

"Successful scientific work does not consist in finding new phenomena but in finding ways to prevent discovery of error."

"I would also much like to examine the properties of matter in states in which it has been but little studied hitherto."

"Physical science is not only a collection of laws to be discovered and facts to be observed, but also a creation of the human mind."

"The investigation of natural phenomena should be the primary object of the natural philosopher."

"In scientific investigations it is important to have something to do when your apparatus is not working."

"Our task is to study the invisible rays and waves that nature provides."

"Mathematics is the only science where one never knows what one is talking about nor whether what is said is true."

"Electricity and magnetism are two aspects of the same phenomenon."

"The way to understand natural phenomena is to use the instrument of mathematics."

"We can scarcely avoid the inference that light consists of transverse undulations of the same medium which is the cause of electric and magnetic phenomena."

"My earlier papers on this subject treated only the static case; now I wish to consider the dynamics."

"The existence of the ether has not yet been established by observation."

"The true method of discovery is like the method of painting, which proceeds from the general to the particular."

"In the present state of knowledge, it is impossible to decide whether the seat of the electrical force is in the medium or in the bodies."

"If you wish at once to draw and to describe geometrical figures, you must come to an understanding with yourself in regard to the shape and the magnitude of your figures before you begin."

"The practical man on the street is not usually well acquainted with scientific principles."

"I believe that the future discovery of the theory underlying electromagnetic phenomena will be the most important scientific achievement of the nineteenth century."

"The great aim of the natural philosopher is to discover the laws of nature."

"The universe is composed of matter and is governed by mechanical laws."

"In its present state, the theory of magnetism is far from complete."