Peter D. Mitchell Quotes

• Moreover, in the experimental sciences, the scientific fraternity must test a new theory to destruction, if possible.

  Peter D. Mitchell

  Tests, Fraternity, Destruction

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• Reason can be used only when looking critically back.

  Peter D. Mitchell

  Reason, Used, Looking Back

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• Mientras tanto, el creador de una teoría puede sentirse muy solo, sobre todo si sus colegas consideran que su visión de la naturaleza no es familiar y resulta difícil de apreciar.

  Peter D. Mitchell

  Lonely, Views, Appreciate

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• Finally, to the theme of the respiratory chain, it is especially noteworthy that David Kellin's chemically simple view of the respiratory chain appears now to have been right all along-and he deserves great credit for having been so reluctant to become involved when the energy-rich chemical intermediates began to be so fashionable. This reminds me of the aphorism: 'The obscure we see eventually, the completely apparent takes longer'.

  Peter D. Mitchell

  Science, Simple, Views

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• The final outcome cannot be known, either to the originator of a new theory, or to his colleagues and critics, who are bent on falsifying it. Thus, the scientific innovator may feel all the more lonely and uncertain.

  Peter D. Mitchell

  Lonely, Finals, May

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