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IT appears that scientific men are divided into two classes: the experimental type and the theoretical type. The difference would seem rather a matter of temperament than of necessity. Perhaps it would be wiser to separate them into two other classes which are rather of the same kind: those who are model makers and those who deal purely in abstract ideas and the essential relation of things.
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ECKERSLEY, T. [Letter to Editors]. Nature 148, 255–256 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148255b0
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