"The combination of interest in physics and in philosophy was uncommon in the United States, and physicists who deviated from the narrow path were looked down upon by their colleagues. Philosophy of physics was definitely regarded as an aberrant, evasive sort of discipline, practiced by physicists who 'could not make it' in their straight profession and, in somewhat greater numbers, by philosophers whose knowledge of physics was inadequate."
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(1978) (Vol. 6. Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 reprint of 1978 original)
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Henry Margenau
Henry Margenau (April 30, 1901 – February 8, 1997) was a German-American physicist and philosopher of science.
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