College: Baccalaureate science

MAR 01, 1967

V. Lawrence Parsegian

ALTHOUGH COMBINED EFFORTS of “armies” of physicists, chemists, engineers and other technological specialists change the textbooks and habits of the nation without letup, their instructional programs are primarily designed to turn out problem‐solving specialists for each profession. Unfortunately there is little interest in educating philosopher‐scientists, whom we need and whom our society can easily support.

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V. Lawrence Parsegian, Renssealer Polytechnic Institute.

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