Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0132525763
ISBN 13: 978-0-13252-576-3

Chapter 6 - The Periodic Table - 6 Assessment - Page 190: 84

Answer

When knowledge was extremely limited it was easy (relatively) to discover new things and scientists were jack of all trades. Now Scientific research is targeted and narrow and scientists have much more focused areas so they are investigating something specific about which a lot is already known.

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When knowledge was extremely limited it was easy (relatively) to discover new things and scientists were jack of all trades. Now Scientific research is targeted and narrow and scientists have much more focused areas so they are investigating something specific about which a lot is already known.
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