The Important Thing In Science Is Not So Much To Obtain New Facts As To Discover New Ways Of Thinking About Them.

The Important Thing In Science Is Not So Much To Obtain New Facts As To Discover New Ways Of Thinking About Them.

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The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to
discover new ways of thinking about them.
-- Sir William Bragg

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Science falsely so called. -- New Testament -- 1 Timothy vi, 20
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations one can do without thinking about them.