Ideas, tests and proofs. The value of hypotheses

William Bains

Abstract


Hypotheses are derived from real data, and drive the discovery of new data. A paper in this issue illustrates how this will work in the future, with a real world example of hypothesis preceding experimental findings, and explaining them and expanding their implications.


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