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Far From Being Magisterial In Its Objectivity, Science Was Conditioned By History, Society, And The Prejudices Of Scientists.

Rather Than Being An Interpreter, The Scientist Who Embraces A New Paradigm Is Like The Man Wearing Inverting Lenses.

The Crises Of Our Time, It Becomes Increasingly Clear, Are The Necessary Impetus For The Revolution Now Under Way. And Once We Understand Nature's Transformative Powers, We See That It Is Our Powerful Ally, Not A Force To Feared Our Subdued.

Each Paradigm Will Be Shown To Satisfy More Or Less The Criteria That It Dictates For Itself And To Fall Short Of A Few Of Those Dictated By Its Opponent.

What Chemists Took From Dalton Was Not New Experimental Laws But A New Way Of Practicing Chemistry (he Himself Called It The 'new System Of Chemical Philosophy'), And This Proved So Rapidly Fruitful That Only A Few Of The Older Chemists In France And Britain Were Able To Resist It.