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Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson.  1988.
 
 
NUMBER:3244
AUTHOR:Leo Szilard
QUOTATION:A scientist’s aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.
ATTRIBUTION:On 1939 Columbia University experiment that confirmed atoms could be split, making possible the use of atomic power, recalled on his death 30 May 64
SUBJECTS:The World: Science
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. Copyright © 1988 by James B. Simpson. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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