20 years of The Lancet Oncology: how scientific should oncology be?
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Lee, John
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In a memorable quote towards the end of his life,
Isaac Newton said that if he had seen further than
others it was because he stood on the shoulders of
giants. His mighty push helped the scientific revolution
gather pace, and by the end of the 19th Century, some
people were wondering whether the work might be
nearing completion. But then came quantum theory
and everything was up in the air again. At a meeting in
the 1920s attended by many luminaries such as
Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, the chairman came out
with a truly great mixed metaphor. Having mentioned
the shoulders of giants, he continued, “Today, ladies and
gentlemen, we are privileged to sit side by side with
those giants on whose shoulders we stand”. Not quite as
dignified as Newton perhaps, but you know what he
meant.
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