...can happen that a certain fictive hypothesis may suffice for explaining many phenomena. Leonard Euler Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it be consistent with the laws of nature. Michael Faraday 5.1 Introduction Virtually every phenomenon in nature, whether mechanical, biological,...

...epitaph. As he wrote in his notebook: "All this is a dream. Still, examine it by a few experiments. Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature." "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with...

...who did not believe he could generate an electric current by passing a magnet through a coil of wire: "Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it be consistent with the laws of nature."72 305 Summary The alchemical arts were widespread throughout the ancient world, especially...