A conceptual scheme is never discarded merely because of a few stubborn facts with which it cannot be reconciled; a conceptual scheme is either modified or replaced by a better one, never abandoned with nothing left to take its place.
There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them to… - James Bryant Conant
There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them to…
- James Bryant Conant
Science advances, not by the accumulation of new facts, but by the continuous development of new concepts. - James Bryant Conant
Science advances, not by the accumulation of new facts, but by the continuous development of new concepts.
A Harvard education consists of what you learn at Harvard while you are not studying. - James Bryant Conant
A Harvard education consists of what you learn at Harvard while you are not studying.
Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences. - James Bryant Conant
Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.
Whether a man lives or dies in vain can be measured only by the way he faces his own problems, by the success or failure of the inner conflict within… - James Bryant Conant
Whether a man lives or dies in vain can be measured only by the way he faces his own problems, by the success or failure of the inner conflict within…
Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without classes… - James Bryant Conant
Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without classes…
I venture to define science as a series of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiment and observation and fruitful of fur… - James Bryant Conant
I venture to define science as a series of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiment and observation and fruitful of fur…
Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out. - James Bryant Conant
Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out.
Education is what is left after all that has been learnt is forgotten. - James Bryant Conant
Education is what is left after all that has been learnt is forgotten.
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