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> [The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. ... While the artist's communication is linked forever with its original form, that of the scientist is modified, amplified, fused with the ideas and results…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/the-books-of-the-great-scientists-are-gathering-dust-on-the-shelves/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

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> [The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. And rightly so. The scientist addresses an infinitesimal audience of fellow composers. His message is not devoid of universality but its universality is disembodied and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/the-books-of-the-great-scientists-are-gathering-dust-on-the-shelves-2/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

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## More by Max Delbruck

> [Molecular genetics, our latest wonder, has taught us to spell out the connectivity of the tree of life in such palpable detail that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/molecular-genetics-our-latest-wonder-has-taught-us-to-spell-out-the/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

> [A strong feeling of adventure is animating those who are working on bacterial viruses, a feeling that they have a small part in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/a-strong-feeling-of-adventure-is-animating-those-who-are-working-on/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

> [The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. ... While the artist's communication is linked forever with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/the-books-of-the-great-scientists-are-gathering-dust-on-the-shelves/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

> [“The scientist has in common with the artist only this: that he can find no better retreat from the world than his work and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/the-scientist-has-in-common-with-the-artist-only-this-that-he-can/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

> [ The particular thing about science is to combine that \[the dreams of obtaining power\] with a retreat from the world. Other people want to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/the-particular-thing-about-science-is-to-combine-that-the-dreams-of/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

> [Any living cell carries with it the experience of a billion years of experimentation by its ancestors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/any-living-cell-carries-with-it-the-experience-of-a-billion-years-of/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

> [ No amount of study of present forms \[of life\] would permit us to infer \[the existence of\] dinosaurs ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/no-amount-of-study-of-present-forms-of-life-would-permit-us-to-infer/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

> [The whole business was like a child's toy that you could buy at the dime store, all built in this wonderful way that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/the-whole-business-was-like-a-child-s-toy-that-you-could-buy-at-the/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

> [If you're too sloppy, then you never get reproducible results, then you never get reproducible results, and then you never can draw any conclusions;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/if-you-re-too-sloppy-then-you-never-get-reproducible-results-then-you/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

> [The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. And rightly so. The scientist addresses an infinitesimal audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/the-books-of-the-great-scientists-are-gathering-dust-on-the-shelves-2/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

> [ \[Physicists\] feel that the field of bacterial viruses is a fine playground for serious children who ask ambitious questions. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/physicists-feel-that-the-field-of-bacterial-viruses-is-a-fine/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

> [The progress of science is tremendously disorderly, and the motivations that lead to this progress are tremendously varied, and the reasons why scientists go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-delbruck/the-progress-of-science-is-tremendously-disorderly-and-the/)

[Max Delbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-delbruck/)

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