"Scientific theories need reconstruction every now and then. If they didn't need reconstruction they would be facts, not theories."

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Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1911) Electricity will keep the world from freezing up; noted expert, Dr. C.P. Steinmetz, talks of the future wonders of scientific discovery and ridicules many prophecies, New York Times (November 11, 1911)[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B0CE4DD1E31E233A25751C1A9679D946096D6CF ].