Only a small part of scientific progress has resulted from planned search for specific objectives. A much more important part has been made possible by the freedom of the individual to follow his own curiosity.


The Collected Works of Irving Langmuir: Langmuir, the man and the scientist, including a biography by Albert Rosenfield (ed. 1962)

Irving Langmuir Quotes

Only a small part of scientific progress has resulted from planned search for specific objectives. A much more important part has been made possible...

Only a small part of scientific progress has resulted from planned search for specific objectives. A much more important part has been made possible...

Only a small part of scientific progress has resulted from planned search for specific objectives. A much more important part has been made possible...

Only a small part of scientific progress has resulted from planned search for specific objectives. A much more important part has been made possible...