The spirit of research in the United States
MAY 01, 1950
Though the language of science is international, there are differences in the approach to science between nation and nation which are a natural result of different cultures. What follows is a comparison of American with French attitudes, the result of a French scientist’s two-month visit to this country. The observations first appeared in the French journal L’Atomes in November, 1947; the translation is by Louise C. Riggs.
DOI: 10.1063/1.3066877
It takes courage to risk speaking of America and Americans after a visit of only two months. Having, moreover, in the course of my trip visited only laboratories and scientists in a specialized field, I was not able to have more than a partial view of the scientific life in that tremendous country. I intend to recount here only some impressions received from contact with American researchers and to speak of the differences between the spirit of American and French scientists.
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