There is a growing mountain of research. But there is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends. The investigator is staggered by the findings and conclusions of thousands of other workers- conclusions which he cannot find time to grasp, much less to remember, as they appear. Yet specialization becomes increasingly necessary for progress, and the effort to bridge between disciplines is correspondingly superficial.

This has not been a scientist's war; it has been a war in which all have had a part. The scientists, burying their old professional competition in the demand o…

Professionally our methods of transmitting and reviewing the results of research are generations old and by now are totally inadequate for their purpose. If th…

As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practica…

Can any of us fix anything? No. None of us can do that. We're specialized. Each one of us has his own line, his own work. I understand my work, you understand …

The game of science is, in principle, without end. He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call for any further test, and that they can be reg…

I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, …