MAN AND SCIENCE

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22306, 21 January 1938, Page 10

MAN AND SCIENCE

. ♦ PREPARING FOR NEW DISCOVERIES CHEMIST'S VIEWS ON PROGRESS "The possible results of the sria tist's work have taken on. a new sy nificance, and in the light of this a products of scientific discovery mad not be allowed to dominate man," si Mr G. A. Lawrence, of Wellington,! his' presidential address to the Kb Zealand Institute of Chemistry at il annual conference in the city yete day. ~ „ , ~ "Man," said Mr Lawrence, >i develop a higher order of lntelhgan to prepare and meet advance in taw ledge. Discovery, gradual though i was caused a dislocation and data; in the established order of things. 1 eliminate this dislocation we rflffitß continually preparing for what Bt come by intelligent estimation MW is likely to result from scientific m covcry* 1 * Mr Lawrence quoted artificial i«l as one scientific discovery likely to have a great influence upon thisara try. It was interesting to note H New Zealand produced many wta genous substances which migW ■ j future become suitable for the p» duction of artificial wooL , Scientific discoveries °ft«-n \ngfc serious dislocation in industry. dislocation often arose because J»* industry had not prepared for* I changes. It was by keeping thef I munity in touch with scientific I velopments that the scientist couH I , duce the impact to the communitj ij the greatest possible degree. Ferlw it was in the industrial and busbe world that a link was required nifi the scientist. The public was often impatient abac the scientist's progress with his R search, but it must be remembae that he could hot guarantee to haven suits within a certain time. It w above all essential that the sdenh always in his work be honest, acting in the capacity of i guardian of the public.