Science, ever since the time of the Arabs, has had two functions: (1) to enable us to know things, and (2) to enable us to do things. (Bertrand Russell)

Science, ever since the time of the Arabs, has had two functions: (1) to enable us to know things, and (2) to enable us to do things.

Bertrand Russell

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