History repeats, but science reverberates.

Siddhartha Mukherjee
History repeats, but science reverberates.
History repeats, but science reverberates.
History repeats, but science reverberates.
History repeats, but science reverberates.
About This Quote

There are two ways to look at this quote. One is that history can be likened to science in that both are based on facts, proven theories, and well-researched evidence. The second way of viewing this quote is that it refers to the ability of science to repeat itself over time. Out of all the information that science gathers in the present, it can then use that information in combination with its knowledge about the past in order to make new predictions about the future. This is because science is not static, but rather evolves over time based on the experiments and research it undertakes.

Source: The Emperor Of All Maladies: A Biography Of Cancer

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