Ralph Edward Oesper Quotes

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The teachers in general and hence their students know little if anything about the actual individuals whose work they discuss; science teachers especially are guilty of this neglect.

Ralph Edward Oesper

Some years ago when I announced a lecture under the title "The Human Side of Scientists" some of the students asked in all seriousness: "Do they have a human side?" Of course they do, even though the average course includes little or nothing about the personal side of the men and women responsible for the birth and development of the various areas of science.

Ralph Edward Oesper