... involving questions of science or the nature of the validity of modes of scientific inquiry has been part and parcel of our legal life since the start of ournational life, beginning in and primarily ... locks, and washing machines.8 The term science is noted and discussed primarily in patent cases in the sense of arts and sciences, a keystone idea in the first and subsequent patent legislation. The ... in his excellent book The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age,11 sought out the world’s leadingphilosophers of science, theoretical physicists,...