From: sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com (Gary Merrill)
Subject: Re: Science and methodology (was: Homeopathy ... tradition?)
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In article <1993Apr15.163923.25120@microsoft.com>, tomca@microsoft.com (Tom B. Carey) writes:
|> OK, just for grins:
|> - Kekule hypothesized a resonant structure for the aromatic benzene
|> ring after waking from a dream in which a snake was swallowing his tail.
|> - Archimedes formalized the principle of buoyancy while meditating in
|> his bath.

Well, certainly in Archimedes case the description "while observing the
phenomena in his bath" seems more accurate than "while meditating in
his bath" -- it was, after all, a rather buoyancy intense environment.
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