"A wise man in China asked his gardener……" — John Charles Polanyi

A wise man in China asked his gardener to plant a shrub.… - John Charles Polanyi
"A wise man in China asked his gardener to plant a shrub. The gardener objected that it only flowered once in a hundred years. "In that case," said the wise man, "plant it immediately." [On the importance of fundamental research.]"

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