The future of science, Albert Michelson once said, must be looked for in the sixth decimal place. He was wrong, of course. Yet in 1894, the year in which he spoke, physicists were feeling confident. They had, after much effort, tamed the laws of gravity, magnetism and electricity, explained much of the natural world and found little to contradict their theories. Nothing of significance, they believed, remained to be discovered.
The Week in Space and Physics #11
The Week in Space and Physics #11
The Week in Space and Physics #11
The future of science, Albert Michelson once said, must be looked for in the sixth decimal place. He was wrong, of course. Yet in 1894, the year in which he spoke, physicists were feeling confident. They had, after much effort, tamed the laws of gravity, magnetism and electricity, explained much of the natural world and found little to contradict their theories. Nothing of significance, they believed, remained to be discovered.