"Sporadic great men come everywhere. But for a community to get vibrating through and through with intensely active life, many geniuses coming together and in rapid succession are required. This is why great epochs are so rare, - why the sudden bloom of a Greece, an early Rome, a Renaissance, is such a mystery. Blow… Continue reading Introduction to great epochs
Tag: progress
The long tail of scientific research
Look around you right now. Think about the things you see. Think about the things you've used in the last 24 hours. Most of you will have seen a phone, a computer or something like that. Who does one have to thank for them? Apple, Microsoft, Intel? Of course, but what about Francis Bacon, Faraday… Continue reading The long tail of scientific research
Neil Hacker 