It is a truism to state that progress in science depends upon the entire range of research, from the hypothetical extreme of observing and collecting facts to the equally hypothetical extreme of boldly running far ahead into the realm of pure speculation and intuition, thus giving spur to search for new facts. Nevertheless, it is often the case that a disproportionate weighting is accorded to research near the first extreme because of its easily tangible results.
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© 1949 American Institute of Physics.
1949
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