There are two kinds of scientific progress: the methodical experimentation and categorization which gradually extend the boundaries of knowledge,

There are two kinds of scientific progress: the methodical
experimentation and categorization which gradually extend the
boundaries of knowledge, and the revolutionary leap of genius
which redefines and transcends those boundaries. Acknowledging
our debt to the former, we yearn nonetheless for the latter.

-- Academician Prokhor Zakharov,
"Address to the Faculty"

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