"A theory in its scientific context is not a static museum piece, but is always being extended and modified to account for new phenomena."
— Mary Hesse

January 1, 1970

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Philosophers from EnglandUniversity of Cambridge facultyEducators from EnglandWomen born in the 1920sWomen scientists from England
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Mary Hesse, Models and Analogies in Science, 1966. p. 4 ; Mary Hesse is quoting here Norman Robert Campbells Physics from 1920.