physics cannot be distilled by induction

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An exmple of simile in scientific writing:

"Physics constitutes a logical system of thought which is in a state of evolution, whose basis cannot be distilled, as it were, from experience by an inductive method, but can only be arrived at by free invention."

Albert Einstein

Einstein, A. (1994). Physics and reality (S. Bargmann, Trans.). In Ideas and Opinions. The Modern Library. (1936)

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.