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Quotation from Popular Scientific Lectures by Ernst Mach

“Physics is experience, arranged in economical order.”

Ernst Mach

Popular Scientific Lectures, The Economical Nature of Physical Inquiry, trans. Thomas J. McCormack

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The compact formula for Mach's thesis that science is the orderly saving of experience.

Citation: "Physics is experience, arranged in economical order." — Ernst Mach, Popular Scientific Lectures, The Economical Nature of Physical Inquiry, trans. Thomas J. McCormack. (id mach-popular-scientific-lectures-q2)

Portrait: Ernst-Mach-1900, Charles Scolik, Public domain.

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