¶ Science (1)
Index Entry
Science:
"The function of science is to prospect for total society by taking the universe apart, that is, resolve it into primary factors and elements by progressive isolation and subsequently to obtain precise measurements of the behavior characteristics of the isolated events or components.
"For example, science isolated the phenomenon fire from extraneous factors, and by isolating the constituent events and the product of events discovered that fire is not in itself an element but an accelerated combining process of a newly recognized primary element, that is, oxygen, combining with carbohydrates in ever-constant arithmetical proportion. Thus the isolation of the fire caused the subsequent isolation, recognition and naming of the new elements oxygen and hydrogen, and provided behavior measurements of the latter, by which man could predict events of combustion in such a way as to make combustion an accurate tool of technical advantage.
¶ Citations
- DESIGN FOR SURVIVAL, I&I, pp.188-189, Jan’49
