The power of methods.
Major advances in science are usually launched by new methods or techniques. Because this essay is not intended as a history of science, I shall not invoke the invention of the microscope or telescope as the gateways to inner and outer space, but will restrict myself to developments I have witnessed, or almost witnessed, during my scientific lifetime.
Department of Infectology, Scripps Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA. Electronic address: charlesw@scripps.edu.
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