Karl Pearson on Books
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Karl Pearson, catalogued under books, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Karl Pearson, entry #242292: "his work... is... intended to arouse and stimulate the reader's own thought, rather than to inculcate doctrine: this result is often best achieved by the assertion and contradicti…"
Attributed to Karl Pearson, entry #21501: "The scientific method is one and the same in all branches, and that method is the method of all logically trained minds. In this respect the great classics of science are often th…"
2 Quotes by Karl Pearson on Books
"his work... is... intended to arouse and stimulate the reader's own thought, rather than to inculcate doctrine: this result is often best achieved by the assertion and contradiction which excite the reader to independent inquiry."
"The scientific method is one and the same in all branches, and that method is the method of all logically trained minds. In this respect the great classics of science are often the most intelligible of books, and... are far better worth reading than popularisations of them..."