The scientific description of the world, however, does not grow in avacuum. It is equally impossible to detach the concepts of science fromideas, perceptions, and feelings that arise in other fields of humanculture. Scientific concepts may be presented in their final formdetached, self-contained, and logically complete, but this is mostly anoutward appearance, similar to the precise, clean-cut, and orderlyperformance given by a military unit during an inspection by theircommander in chief. In reality, the concepts of science and the thoughtsof scientists are immersed in the ocean of the society people live in,and their origins are blended with a myriad of other ideas, images andthoughts. This is the reason that even an account of the scientifictheories of matter cannot be restricted to the scientific theories themselves but has to seek their roots in other fields of human activity.
Charis Anastopoulis (researcher, Dept. of Physics, University ofPetras, Greece), Particle or Wave (2008)
