Quote from The Cat in the Box

The Cat in the Box: A History of Science in 100 Experiments

by John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin

Race Point Publishing, New York, New York, 2017          288 pages


Issac Newton is widely regarded as the greatest scientific thinker that ever lived and the emphasis in this appreciation is usually on his skill as a theorist, propounding the laws of motion and, most famously of all, the law of gravity. But like his contemporaries, Newton was also a “hands on” scientist — a practical man who did his own experiments, often using equipment he had designed and built himself. This approach transformed science in the 1600’s, largely because of the influence of the Royal Society, founded in the early years of that decade (it received its Royal Charter in 1663). The motto of the Society was (and is) Nullius in Verba, which can be loosely translated as “take nobody’s word for it.” From the outset, they didn't simply accept hearsay reports of scientific discoveries, but carried out experiments and demonstrations themselves to test such claims. (pp. 37-38)

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