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Roy Chapman Andrews
(26 Jan 1884 - 11 Mar 1960)
American zoologist, museum administrator and explorer who spent his entire career at the American Museum of Natural History. He led many important scientific expeditions with financial support through his public lectures and books, particularly in central Asia and eastern Asia.
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Science Quotes by Roy Chapman Andrews (2 quotes)
Palaeontology is the Aladdin’s lamp of the most deserted and lifeless regions of the earth; it touches the rocks and there spring forth in orderly succession the monarchs of the past and the ancient river streams and savannahs wherein they flourished. The rocks usually hide their story in the most difficult and inaccessible places.
— Roy Chapman Andrews
In On the Trail of Ancient Man (1926), x.
Today there remain but a few small areas on the world’s map unmarked by explorers’ trails. Human courage and endurance have conquered the Poles; the secrets of the tropical jungles have been revealed. The highest mountains of the earth have heard the voice of man. But this does not mean that the youth of the future has no new worlds to vanquish. It means only that the explorer must change his methods.
— Roy Chapman Andrews
On the Trail of Ancient Man (1926), 5.
See also:
- 26 Jan - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Andrews's birth.
- Under a Lucky Star, by Roy Chapman Andrews. - book suggestion.
- Booklist for Roy Chapman Andrews.
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) -- 
