Bertram Brockhouse Quotes

For strictly scientific or technological purposes all this is irrelevant. On a pragmatic view, as on a religious view, theory and concepts are held in faith. On the pragmatic view the only thing that matters is that the theory is efficacious, that it 'works' and that the necessary preliminaries and side issues do not cost too much in time and effort. Beyond that, theory and concepts go to constitute a language in which the scientistic matters at issue can be formulated and discussed.

Bertram Brockhouse

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Bertram Brockhouse

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Born: July 15, 1918
Died: October 13, 2003
Occupation: Physicist
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