Indeed he emphasized that “measure again and again to find out the difference and difference of the difference”. About 200 years later, Gauss (1777–1855) studied the probability laws of errors in measurements, which was finally formulated in what we today call the normal distribution. 7. The centrality of uncertainties in pursuit of knowledge did not find enough support from the then scientific community.
It is said that even Einstein was initially of the view that theories whose objects are connected by laws should be based on facts, not probabilities. He once famously said, “……God does not play dice with the universe…..” But surprisingly, he accepted the chance behaviour of molecules suggested by S. N. Bose, which resulted in the Bose-Einstein theory.