Ocupation: Sociologist of Science
Life: July 4, 1910 - February 23, 2003
Birthday: July 4
Death: February 23
Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.
source: Robert K. Merton (1973). “The Sociology of Science: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations”, p.265, University of Chicago Press
topic: Science, Unqualified, Demand, Social Theory