I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from…

Lewis Thomas
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I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1990). A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays
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