English Explanatory Dictionary

Planck's principle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The view that “science progresses one funeral at a time”, that scientific progress happens when older generations of scientists retire or die.

Word forms

Planck's principle

Etymology

Formulated by Max Planck.

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