THE RAPID ACCELERATION in scientific advancement which has characterized the past half century is providing mankind with growing understanding and control of nature. Pari passu, vast and often unsuspected areas of ignorance are being revealed, the nature and full extent of which can only be surmised. The exploration of such virgin territories offers an unending challenge to adventurous spirits. There is serious danger, however, that the remarkable surge of scientific progress will be greatly hampered by fetters self-imposed by the scientific community-that the rate of scientific advancement may be greatly slowed because so many scientists fail to deal operationally with the inherent unity of nature.