Louis de Broglie

1892–1987 · Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter

Topics: science

• The history of science shows that the progress of science has constantly been hampered by the tyrannical influence of certain conceptions that finally came to be considered as dogma.

  — Louis de Broglie

• The actual state of our knowledge is always provisional and … there must be, beyond what is actually known, immense new regions to discover.

  — Louis de Broglie

• Two seemingly incompatible conceptions can each represent an aspect of the truth … They may serve in turn to represent the facts without ever entering into direct conflict.

  — Louis de Broglie