“[I]t is necessary to insist upon this extraordinary but undeniable fact: experimental science has progressed thanks in great part to the work of men astoundingly mediocre, and even less than mediocre. That is to say, modern science, the root and symbol of our actual civilization, finds a place for the intellectually commonplace man and allows him to work therein with success.”
![“[I]t is necessary to insist upon this extraordinary but undeniable fact: experimental science has progressed thanks in great part to the work of men astoundingly mediocre, and even less than mediocre. That is to say, modern science, the root and symbol of our actual civilization, finds a place for…” quote by Jose Ortega y Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7f5/jose-ortega-y-gasset-1688_civilization_i-t-is-necessary-to-insist-upon-this-ext_1538279.jpg)
![“[T]he history of science has proved that fundamental research is the lifeblood of individual progress and that the ideas that lead to spectacular advances spring from it.” quote by Edward Victor Appleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/188/edward-victor-appleton-84775_fundamentals_t-he-history-of-science-has-proved-that_1954794.jpg)
