Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents
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Nov 30, 2022
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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ERLANGER JOSEPH: (1874-1965) American physiologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1944. Autograph statement signed, Joseph Erlanger, one page, 4to, n.p., 29th July 1952. Erlanger's statement is made in response to a researcher's question, entitled World Scientific Inquiry - The future of Science, their manuscript question at the head of the page stating, in part, 'In a brilliant article entitled “An Epoch in Science”, which appeared in the magazine “Science et Vie”, Jules Romains writes: The exploration of the physical universe has no assignable limits; but it seems likely, however, that discoveries of the first order of magnitude will be limited in number. The future will rather have to content itself with prodigious achievements of secondary importance…..Pure science has already unlocked the most important secrets of the universe…..Is Jules Romains right? What is your opinion, from a physiological point of view?'. Erlanger's statement appears beneath and states, in full, 'There is scarcely a physiological process that is fully understood. It is impossible to predict what will be accomplished in the future'. VG
