Experimental discoveries must fit the time; facts may be at hand for years without their significance being realized; the total scientific situation must be favorable for the acceptance of new views.


On Understanding Science, Chapter III (p. 74)

James Bryant Conant Quotes

Experimental discoveries must fit the time; facts may be at hand for years without their significance being realized; the total scientific situation...

Experimental discoveries must fit the time; facts may be at hand for years without their significance being realized; the total scientific situation...

Experimental discoveries must fit the time; facts may be at hand for years without their significance being realized; the total scientific situation...

Experimental discoveries must fit the time; facts may be at hand for years without their significance being realized; the total scientific situation...