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Quotation from Science and the Modern World by Alfred North Whitehead
“A clash of doctrines is not a disaster—it is an opportunity”
Science and the Modern World, Ch. XII, Religion and Science (Macmillan, New York, 1925 (Project Gutenberg #68611))
Whitehead's thesis for the chapter, illustrated by the discrepancy between two measured weights of nitrogen that led to the discovery of argon.
Citation: "A clash of doctrines is not a disaster—it is an opportunity" — Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World, Ch. XII, Religion and Science (Macmillan, New York, 1925 (Project Gutenberg #68611)). (id whitehead-science-and-the-modern-world-q9)
