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Donald P. Abbott
(14 Oct 1920 - 18 Jan 1986)
American zoologist who wrote two major books to his field of invertebrate zoology.
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Science Quotes by Donald P. Abbott (1 quote)
You’ll be tempted to grouse about the instability of taxonomy; but stability occurs only where people stop thinking and stop working.
— Donald P. Abbott
In 'Preface', Observing Marine Invertebrates: Drawings from the Laboratory (1987), xvi.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
