The things to be investigated are either true or false. If … - Oliver Lodge

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The things to be investigated are either true or false. If false, pertinacious inquiry will reveal their falsity. If true, they are profoundly important. For there are no half-truths in Nature; every smallest departure has portentous consequences; our eyes must open slowly, or we should be overwhelmed.

Oliver Lodge

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Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, FRS (12 June 1851 – 22 August 1940) was a British physicist and inventor, famous as a pioneer of radio transmission.

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Alternative Names: Oliver, Sir Lodge • Sir Oliver Lodge • Oliver Joseph Lodge • Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge

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