"Our schools offer no conception of the scientific……" — William Lipscomb

"Our schools offer no conception of the scientific process of discovery. They do not encourage creative thought, in fact, they stifle it through too much rigidity in teaching. If we set out to give as little help as possible to originality in science, we could hardly devise a better plan than our education system. Youngsters ought to be told what is unknown about ourselves and our universe as well as what is known."

— William Lipscomb

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For me, the creative process, first of all, requires a good nine hours of sleep a night. Second, it must…

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