The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life.
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"The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life." — Arthur Koestler #sciencediscovery
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The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life. — Arthur Koestler
About Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler was a Novelist from Austria-Hungary (1905–1983).
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This quote is attributed to Arthur Koestler, a Novelist from Austria-Hungary.
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Arthur Koestler lived from 1905 – 1983.
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