Jacques Barzun Quote

The scientific profession does not constitute an elite, intellectual, or other. The chances are that the 'scientist', from the high-school teacher of science to the head of a research institute, is a person of average capacity.


Science: The Glorious Entertainment (p. 75), Harper & Row Publishers. 1964


The scientific profession does not constitute an elite, intellectual, or other. The chances are that the 'scientist', from the high-school teacher of ...

The scientific profession does not constitute an elite, intellectual, or other. The chances are that the 'scientist', from the high-school teacher of ...

The scientific profession does not constitute an elite, intellectual, or other. The chances are that the 'scientist', from the high-school teacher of ...

The scientific profession does not constitute an elite, intellectual, or other. The chances are that the 'scientist', from the high-school teacher of ...