Imagination is needed in science as much as in any other mental activity. But it must not take charge of the scientific mind. If it [were to] do, disaster may follow.


Essays in Popular Science, On the History of Science (p. 168), Chatto & Windus. 1926


Imagination is needed in science as much as in any other mental activity. But it must not take charge of the scientific mind. If it [were to] do,...

Imagination is needed in science as much as in any other mental activity. But it must not take charge of the scientific mind. If it [were to] do,...

Imagination is needed in science as much as in any other mental activity. But it must not take charge of the scientific mind. If it [were to] do,...

Imagination is needed in science as much as in any other mental activity. But it must not take charge of the scientific mind. If it [were to] do,...