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Panteão da Ciência


“O facto é que quase todos os que estão firmemente estabelecidos no panteão da ciência — Newton, Descartes, Leibniz, Pascal ou Huggins, Lister, Faraday, Laplace ou Davy — estavam enfronhados em esforços frenéticos de obter prioridade [i.e. ser o primeiro com certa descoberta] e fazê-la registar publicamente. . . . Às vezes . . . o desejo de reconhecimento é intensificado até ficar fora de controle. Torna-se desejo veemente de receber aclamação.”

Robert K. Merton, American Scientist, 1969, número da primavera.

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