Sir Arthur Eddington 1882-1944
British astrophysicist
"If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations then so much the worse for Maxwell's equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the
second law of thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation."