Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth. (Jules Verne)

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

Jules Verne

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