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119 Annals Am. Acad. Pol. & Soc. Sci. v (1925)

handle is hein.cow/anamacp0119 and id is 1 raw text is: FOREWORD WE are awed today by the discov- eries of Galileo, of Pasteur, of Faraday. They are far enough removed from us in time to permit us to see their work in perspective. We are now able to see the working out of the results of their researches. We see their dis- coveries expressed not only in practical affairs, but as a basis for later investi- gations and discoveries, that in turn have made over human thinking and human living. We can see that their scientific discoveries are entitled to be called revolutionary. We can perceive the revolutionary nature of these early discoveries no- where so well as in industrial life where the resulting transformations have been most spectacular. The nature of the problems that concerned men one hundred and fifty years ago has been transformed by the silent mutations of science. What most of us fail to realize is that revolutions in industry are being ef- fected by science and the scientific method today with a speed and over an area that make the efforts of one hun- dred and fifty years ago seem puny. Not only do people generally fail to realize the social significance of this con- tinuing scientific revolution, but they know only the most superficial facts concerning it. Small wonder that we are only half-conscious of our debt to science and the scientific method. The purpose of this volume is not to present a cross section of the scientific work that is being carried on in modern industry, for that would require in- finite space, but to present briefly some important examples of that work and to suggest something of the breadth of the area in management practice that is being influenced by science and the scientific method. When society comes to have a true picture of its fundamen- tal dependence upon science and scientific work, then the basis for en- during progress will have been laid. And when management comes to real- ize that, it, too, will elevate its stand- ards and accomplishments only as every phase of its work comes to be dominated by the spirit and method of science. In the words of Dr. Little: The practical man too often confounds science with mere theory and so sees little place for it in his business. But science, in its industrial applications, is as intensely practical as a market report or a balance sheet. It represents the accumulated experience and organized knowledge con- cerning the behavior of things, which thousands of the world's best minds have acquired by the incessant questioning of nature for more than a hundred years. As such the manufacturer ignores it at his peril. An enlightened self-interest should lead him to welcome its teachings and generously support research, for research is the mother of industry. JOSEPH H. WILLITS v

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