SCIENTISTS: An unusual 4to sheet of paper featuring the manuscript title Maxims of Life of the great scientists of the whole world in the hand of a researcher at the head of the page, beneath which appear four individual autograph statements signed by various scientists, comprising (in order of appearance) Eugene Rabinowitch (1901-1973) Russian-born American biophysicist known for his work in photosynthesis and nuclear energy, 'Il y a toujours un ordre au dessous du desordre, un senses au dessous imbecilite et une harmonie au dessous du chaos' (Translation: 'There is always order below disorder, sense below imbecility and harmony below chaos'); William Alfred Fowler (1911-1995) American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1983 'It is important that science be integrated into a rational and stable society'; Evry Schatzman (1920-2010) French scientist hailed as 'the father of modern French astrophysics', 'La vie ne se réduit pas à une formule. Si j'avais une maxime, ce pourrait etre "comprendre le monde pour pouvoir le transformer"' (Translation: 'Life is not reduced to a formula. If I had a maxim, it could be “understanding the world in order to be able to transform it”' ); and K. S. Ranganathan (Director of the BCG Vaccine Laboratory, Government of India, King Institute, Madras, India, from 1948-57), 'Acquire knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Be modest and try to understand other points of view'. With various ink annotations in the hand of a collector to the left margin. VG