ABSTRACT
Compton, Karl Taylor We live in an age of science. I do not say “an age of technology” for every age has been an age of technology. We recognize this when we describe past civilizations as the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Age of Steam or of Steel, thus implicitly admitting that the stage of civilization is determined by the tools at man’s disposal-in other words, by his technology . . . Science, unlike invention and technical skill, is a relatively modern concept.
