It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof. (John Desmond Bernal)

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.

John Desmond Bernal

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