On the record
Physics advanced when ideas worked out in connection with the solar system were used to describe happenings on the earth.
Said by
John Dewey
Source
gutenberg.orgPhysics advanced when ideas worked out in connection with the solar system were used to describe happenings on the earth.
Dewey illustrates how physics benefited from astronomical ideas to explain earthly phenomena.
Share
More from John Dewey
Mistakes pile up and consolidate themselves into laws and methods of administration which are more harmful than the consequences which they were originally intended to control.
They persist as emotional cries rather than as reasoned ideas.
Extensive, enduring, intricate and serious indirect consequences of the conjoint activity of a comparatively few persons traverse the globe.
For the older symbols of ideal life still engage thought and command loyalty.