Much as we biologists rightly stand in awe of the results and methods of the physicists and chemists, it is well for us to remember that our in some respects much cruder methods have nevertheless led to fundamental knowledge which is essential for the orientation of the physicist and chemist in his investigation of the way in which living matter works. In this connection I should like to cite (with slight rearrangement) a statement from a most eminent biologist who though not with us now is in a sense well represented here.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
H. J. Müller (1941) studied this question.