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Michael Polanyi Quotes

These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our scientific beliefs. These premisses or beliefs are embodied in a tradition, the tradition of science.
Michael Polanyi

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Scientist Quotes
Category:
Hungarian Scientist Quotes
Date of Birth:
March 11, 1891
Date of Death:
February 22, 1976
Nationality:
Hungarian
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