PREMATURITY AND UNIQUENESS IN SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY

4 AppPontattotifirandAtiitiefitecse in Scientific Discovery A molecular geneticist reflect on two general historical questions: (1) What does it mean to say a discovery is "ahead of its time"? (2) Are scientific creations any less unique than artistic creations? T: he fantastically rapid progress of molecular genetics in the past 25 years now obliges merely middle- aged participants in its early develop- ment to look back on their early work from a depth of historical perspective that for scient...