Here is quote from 1894 by Albert A. Michelson that captures the attitude of that time: ``[...] it seems probable that most of the grand underlying principles h

Here is quote from 1894 by Albert A. Michelson that captures the attitude of that time: ``[...] it seems probable that most of the grand underlying principles have now been firmly established and that further advances are to be sought chiefly in the rigorous application of these principles to all the phenomena which come under our notice.'' That was before quantum physics, GR, transistors, lasers, etc...