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Henri Bouasse
(16 Nov 1866 - 15 Nov 1953)
French physicist who wrote the comprehesive 45-volume treatise Bibliothèque scientifique de l'ingénieur et du physicien (Scientific Library of the engineer and physicist, 1912-1931)
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Science Quotes by Henri Bouasse (1 quote)
[The French Academy of Sciences is] the receptacle of a crowd of mediocrities and ignoramuses whose places have been made as college professors, herb collectors, village veterinarians and assistant engineers of bridges and roads.
— Henri Bouasse
Said at a meeting at the University of Toulouse, 1 Feb 1911. Quoted in M. J. Nye, Science in the Provinces (1986), 136.
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) -- 
