Alfred North WhiteheadScience is a river with two sources, the practical source and the theoretical source.
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Science is a river with two sources, the practical source and the theoretical source. The practical source of science is discovery, and that discovery can be used to make progress in other areas as well as benefit society. Science provides us with theories and techniques that can be used to solve problems, but those same theories and techniques can also be used to solve problems in other fields as well. For example, Einstein's theory of relativity is now applied in fields such as quantum physics and cosmology.
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