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Karl Taylor Compton
(14 Sep 1887 - 22 Jun 1954)
American educator and physicist.
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Science Quotes by Karl Taylor Compton (1 quote)
In recent times, modern science has developed to give mankind, for the first time in the history of the human race, a way of securing a more abundant life which does not simply consist in taking away from someone else.
— Karl Taylor Compton
In a speech to the American Philosophical Society, 1938.
See also:
- 14 Sep - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Compton's birth.
- A Scientist Speaks: Excerpts from Addresses by Karl Taylor Compton, by Karl Taylor Compton. - 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.
(1987) -- 
