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The extensive development undergone by the most exact of all the sciences during the past century, and particularly during the last quarter of a century, has found expression not only in a wealth of new knowledge but also, and equally, in a transformation of its working methods. It may be this transfiguration that holds particular attractions for the observer interested more in the picture as a whole than in the individual details. It is, indeed, sometimes possible to gain deeper insights into a science through a glance at its methods than through a summary of its material results, for such insights reveal the evolution of the very mechanisms of human thought.
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Reichenbach, M., Cohen, R.S. (1978). New Approaches in Science: Physical Research [1929a]. In: Reichenbach, M., Cohen, R.S. (eds) Hans Reichenbach Selected Writings 1909–1953. Vienna Circle Collection, vol 4a. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9761-5_24
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