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The Word “Scientist” or its Substitute

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YOU cannot help it; scientist is an established term, and you can no more suppress it than you can suppress bigamist. But if NATURE maintains its policy on the subject, I am sure we shall not grudge the Editor this little tyranny.

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CHEMIST, A. The Word “Scientist” or its Substitute. Nature 114, 898 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114898a0

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