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Sir William Cecil Dampier
(27 Dec 1867 - 11 Dec 1952)
British scientist,
agriculturist, and science historian who developed a method of
extracting milk sugar from the surplus whey when World War I
caused a cheese shortage in Britain.
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“But beyond the bright searchlights
of science,
Out of sight of the windows of sense,
Old riddles still bid us defiance,
Old questions of Why and of Whence.”
Out of sight of the windows of sense,
Old riddles still bid us defiance,
Old questions of Why and of Whence.”
Sir William Cecil Dampier
from Recent Development of
Physical Science (p. 10)
“There is only one nature - the
division into science and engineering
is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, the division is a
human failure; it reflects our limited capacity to comprehend the
whole.”
Sir William Cecil Dampier
from Recent Development of
Physical Science (p. 10)
“The fundamental concepts of
physical science, it is now understood, are abstractions, framed by our
mind, so as to bring order to an apparent chaos of phenomena.”
Sir William Cecil Dampier
(written in the 1920's)
“There seems no limit to
research, for as been truly said, the more the sphere of knowledge
grows, the larger becomes the surface of contact with the unknown.”
Sir William Cecil Dampier
from A History of Science
and Its Relations with Philosophy and Religion,
4th Ed., Cambridge University Press, 1961, p. 500.
4th Ed., Cambridge University Press, 1961, p. 500.
“It
seemed as though the main framework had been put together once and for
all, and that little remained to be done but to measure physical
constants to the increased accuracy represented by another decimal
point.”
Sir William Cecil Dampier
from A History of Science
“Great discoveries are made
accidentally less often than the populace likes to think.”
Sir William Cecil Dampier
in connection with Roentgen's
invention
as quoted on p.168 in Travels and Adventures of Serendipity
by Robert K. Merton, Princeton University Press
as quoted on p.168 in Travels and Adventures of Serendipity
by Robert K. Merton, Princeton University Press
