Quotations

Louis de Broglie


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Two seemingly incompatible conceptions can each represent an aspect of the truth ... They may serve in turn to represent the facts without ever entering into direct conflict.
Dialectica
There is no reason why the history and philosophy of science should not be taught in such a way as to bring home to all pupils the grandeur of science and the scope of its discoveries.
The history of science shows that the progress of science has constantly been hampered by the tyrannical influence of certain conceptions that finally came to be considered as dogma.
For this reason, it is proper to submit periodically to a very searching examination, principles that we have come to assume without any more discussion.
Will Quantum Physics Remain Indeterministic (1953).