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"There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement."

— William Thomson

January 1, 1970

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Misattributed to Kelvin since the 1980s, either without citation or stating that it was made in an address to the in 1900. There is no evidence that Kelvin said this, and the quote is instead a paraphrase of Albert A. Michelson, who in 1894 stated: "… it seems probable that most of the grand underlying principles have been firmly established … An eminent physicist remarked that the future truths of physical science are to be looked for in the sixth place of decimals." The attribution to Kelvin g

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Misattributed to Kelvin since the 1980s, either without citation or stating that it was made in an address to the in 1900. There is no evidence that Kelvin said this, and the quote is instead a paraphrase of Albert A. Michelson, who in 1894 stated: "… it seems probable that most of the grand underlying principles have been firmly established … An eminent physicist remarked that the future truths of physical science are to be looked for in the sixth place of decimals." The attribution to Kelvin g