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Paul Bartsch
(14 Aug 1871 - 24 Apr 1960)
German-American zoologist with the Smithsonian Institution, who initiated systematic, scientific bird banding in North America in 1902.
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Science Quotes by Paul Bartsch (1 quote)
There are still many unsolved problems about bird life, among which are the age that birds attain, the exact time at which some birds acquire their adult dress, and the changes which occur in this with years. Little, too, is known about the laws and routes of bird migration, and much less about the final disposition of the untold thousands which are annually produced.
— Paul Bartsch
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- 14 Aug - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Bartsch's birth.
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) -- 
