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Scientific literature

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.

William Whewell

The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences · 1840

★ 1.9

Poem · Didactic poem · Philosophical literature

Material objects are of two kinds, atoms and components of atoms. The atoms themselves cannot be swamped by any force, for they are preserved indefinitely by their absolute solidity.

On the Nature of Things · 55 BC

★ 2.0

Scientific literature

In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.

The Logic of Scientific Discovery · 1959

★ 3.5