The literature has become too vast to comprehend...It is...difficult t…

Lewis Thomas
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The literature has become too vast to comprehend...It is...difficult to grasp even for workers in closely neighboring fields. ...There is much more reliance on word of mouth for the transmission of scientific data...gossip.
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