Article September 30, 1961 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from S. K. Mitra, W. H. Bourne

Prof. S. K. Mitra as reported in The Sunday Statesman Calcutta, West Bengal, India

"Science Verging on Metaphysics"...was the [subject] of Prof. S. K. Mitra's presidential address at the silver jubilee session of the National Institute of Sciences of India, here....

Prof. Mitra observed: "The scientist has come to a stage beyond which he cannot proceed. This holds true both in the case of the physical world and that of the biological world. Boundaries of knowledge appear to have been reached which cannot be crossed."

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