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Lincoln Barnett
(12 Feb 1909 - 8 Sep 1979)
American writer who wrote The Universe and Dr. Einstein (1948) which explained the theory of relativity to laymen, and received a National Book Award Special Citation.
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Science Quotes by Lincoln Barnett (1 quote)
The aims of pure basic science, unlike those of applied science, are neither fast-flowing nor pragmatic. The quick harvest of applied science is the useable process, the medicine, the machine. The shy fruit of pure science is understanding.
— Lincoln Barnett
In 'The Meaning of Einstein's New Theory', Life (9 Jan 1950), 28, No. 2, 22. Einstein had just completed the mathematical formulation of the United Field Theory.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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