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At 13:36 -0700 5/9/02, Gary Turner wrote:entry:
Does anyone have the exact quote from Rutherford about science and stamp
collecting?
I have one on a coffee mug I got at an AAPT meeting a few years back
(hardly an authoritative source):
"In Science there is only physics--everything else is stamp collecting."
However, in Mackay's "Dictionary of Scientific Quotations" there is this
"Science is divided into two categories, physics and stamp collecting."
and the reference cited is J. D. Bernal "The Social Function of
Science," 1939. I don't know if Bernal is giving a direct quote, or
if he gives further reference to the original location.
Hope this helps,
Hugh
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