“The most productive novelties often spring”

—  Lancelot Law Whyte

Essay on Atomism: From Democritus to 1960 (1961)
Context: The most productive novelties often spring, in thought as in biological evolution, from more primitive and simpler forms, rather than from differentiated ones which, through their elaboration, have become too specialized to be adaptable to new tasks.<!--p.8

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Scottish industrial engineer 1896–1972

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