“Some forty years of experience in my field as a scholar and as a teacher have given me great confidence mixed with greater humility.”

— George Sarton

Preface.
A History of Science Vol.2 Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C. (1959)

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American historian of science 1884–1956

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