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Elihu Thomson
(29 Mar 1853 - 13 Mar 1937)
English-American engineer and inventor.
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Science Quotes by Elihu Thomson (1 quote)
If the question were, “What ought to be the next objective in science?” my answer would be the teaching of science to the young, so that when the whole population grew up there would be a far more general background of common sense, based on a knowledge of the real meaning of the scientific method of discovering truth.
— Elihu Thomson
Marion Savin Selections from the Scientific Correspondence of Elihu Thomson (1971), v.
See also:
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29 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Thomson's birth. -
Elihu Thomson - Development of Electric Railways (1888)
Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, by W. Bernard Carlson. - book suggestion.
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan
