Literature/1939/Bernal

Excerpts

 * In science men have learned consciously to subordinate themselves to a common purpose without losing the individuality of their achievements. Each one knows that his work depends on that of his predecessors and colleagues, and that it can only reach its fruition through the work of his successors. In science men collaborate not because they are forced to by superior authority or because they blindly follow some chosen leader, but because they realize that only in this willing collaboration can each man find his goal. (pp. 415-416)

Wikimedia

 * John Desmond Bernal
 * Society for Social Studies of Science
 * Sociology of science
 * Scientific revolution
 * Science of science policy
 * Science and Civilisation in China
 * Two Cultures

Chronology

 * http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v5p511y1981-82.pdf
 * http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v5p511y1981-82.pdf