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Giovanni Battista Brocchi
(18 Feb 1772 - 25 Sep 1826)
Italian geologist whose idea that that species have births and deaths like individuals later influenced Darwin’s thoughts on evolution.
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Science Quotes by Giovanni Battista Brocchi (1 quote)
The science of fossil shells is the first step towards the study of the earth.
— Giovanni Battista Brocchi
Conchiologia Fossile Subappennina (1814), Vol. I, trans. Ezio Vaccari, 13.
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- 18 Feb - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Brocchi'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.
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