Science cannot be based on dogma or authority ofany kind, nor on any intuition or revelation, unless indeed it be ofthe Book ofNature that lies open before our eyes. We need not dwell on the processes ofacquiring knowledge by observation, experiment, and inductive and deductive reasoning. The study of scientific method both in theory andpractice is ofgreat importance. It is inherent in the philosophy that the record may be imperfect and the conceptions erroneous; thepotentialfallibility ofour science is not only acknowledged but also insisted upon.—R. Robinson [i].