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Bernard Bailyn
(9 Sep 1922 - 7 Aug 2020)
American historian whose award-winning books on American History were described in his obituary in the New York Times as having “reshaped the study of the origins of the American Revolution.”
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Science Quotes by Bernard Bailyn (1 quote)
No effective historian of the future can be innocent of statistics, and indeed he or she should probably be a literate amateur economist, psychologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and geographer.
— Bernard Bailyn
In 'The Challenge of Modern Historiography', American Historical Review (1 Feb 1982), 87, No. 1, 24.
See also:
- The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, by Bernard Bailyn. - book suggestion.
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.
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