Claude Bernard (12 July 1813 – 10 February 1878) was a French physiologist.
Historian Ierome Bernard Cohen of Harvard University called Bernard "one o...
The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe. Claude Bernard
The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe.
Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. Claude Bernard
Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.
The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek. Claude Bernard
The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.
Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave. Claude Bernard
Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave.
Experimentation is an active science. Claude Bernard
Experimentation is an active science.
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge. Claude Bernard
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes. Claude Bernard
A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.
Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown. Claude Bernard
Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.
Art is I; science is we. Claude Bernard
Art is I; science is we.
It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. Claude Bernard
It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.
The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds. Claude Bernard
The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.
Science does not permit exceptions. Claude Bernard
Science does not permit exceptions.
