Roy Crowson Quotes

There have been many authorities who have asserted that the basis of science lies in counting or measuring, i.e. in the use of mathematics. Neither counting nor measuring can however be the most fundamental processes in our study of the material universe-before you can do either to any purpose you must first select what you propose to count or measure, which presupposes a classification.

Roy Crowson

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Roy Albert Crowson (1970). “Classification and Biology”, p.2, Transaction Publishers

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Born: November 22, 1914
Died: May 13, 1999
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