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Florence Bascom
(14 Jul 1862 - 18 Jun 1945)
American geologist who is remembered for achieving a number of firsts as a woman in the field of geology.
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Science Quotes by Florence Bascom (1 quote)
The fascination of any search after truth lies not in the attainment, which at best is found to be very relative, but in the pursuit, where all the powers of the mind and character are brought into play and are absorbed by the task. One feels oneself in contact with something that is infinite and one finds joy that is beyond expression in sounding the abyss of science and the secrets of the infinite mind.
— Florence Bascom
In Isabel Fothergill Smith, The Stone Lady: a Memoir of Florence Bascom (1981). Cited in Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society (992), Vols. 11-12, 39.
See also:
- 14 Jul - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Bascom's birth.
- Florence Bascom - John Hopkins University's first female geology Ph.D.
- Florence Bascom - comprehensive, illustrated, biography on 'Rock Star' Florence Bascom in GSA Today (1997).
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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