Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think. Commenting on how an accident led to the discovery of X-rays.
If agricultural land be left uncultivated, in a few years the jungle returns, and signs are not lacking that a similar danger is always lying in wait… - William Cecil Dampier
If agricultural land be left uncultivated, in a few years the jungle returns, and signs are not lacking that a similar danger is always lying in wait…
- William Cecil Dampier
There seems no limit to research, for as been truly said, the more the sphere of knowledge grows, the larger becomes the surface of contact with the … - William Cecil Dampier
There seems no limit to research, for as been truly said, the more the sphere of knowledge grows, the larger becomes the surface of contact with the …
But beyond the bright searchlights of science, Out of sight of the windows of sense, Old riddles still bid us defiance, Old questions of Why and o… - William Cecil Dampier
But beyond the bright searchlights of science, Out of sight of the windows of sense, Old riddles still bid us defiance, Old questions of Why and o…
It seemed as though the main framework had been put together once and for all, and that little remained to be done but to measure physical constants … - William Cecil Dampier
It seemed as though the main framework had been put together once and for all, and that little remained to be done but to measure physical constants …
Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think. Commenting on how an accident led to the discovery of X-rays. - William Cecil Dampier
The fundamental concepts of physical science, it is now understood, are abstractions, framed by our mind, so as to bring order to an apparent chaos o… - William Cecil Dampier
The fundamental concepts of physical science, it is now understood, are abstractions, framed by our mind, so as to bring order to an apparent chaos o…
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