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Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel
(11 Jun 1623 - 6 Aug 1706)
French natural philosopher, priest and institutional historian who was the first secretary of the Académie Royale des Sciences (1666-97).
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Science Quotes by Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel (1 quote)
Detail from 'Establishment of the Academie des Sciences'
at Palace of Versailles by artist Henri Testelin (source)
at Palace of Versailles by artist Henri Testelin (source)
The mind of this man [Adme Mariotte] was highly capable of all learning, and the works published by him attest to the highest erudition. In 1667, on the strength of a singular doctrine, he was elected to the Academy. In him, sharp inventiveness always shone forth combined with the industry to carry through, as the works referred to in the course of this treatise will testify. His cleverness in the design of experiments was almost incredible, and he carried them out with minimal expense.
— Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel
Translated from the Latin in Regiae Scientiarum Academiae Historia (1698), 233.
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- 11 Jun - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Du Hamel'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) -- 
