Walter M. Fitch Quote

One major problem with any science is that people who don't know the conceptual history of their field go round re-inventing the elliptical wheel.


Phone conversation with Susan Abrams, 1983


One major problem with any science is that people who don't know the conceptual history of their field go round re-inventing the elliptical wheel.

One major problem with any science is that people who don't know the conceptual history of their field go round re-inventing the elliptical wheel.

One major problem with any science is that people who don't know the conceptual history of their field go round re-inventing the elliptical wheel.

One major problem with any science is that people who don't know the conceptual history of their field go round re-inventing the elliptical wheel.