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Peter Farb
(25 Jul 1929 - 8 Apr 1980)
American author, anthropologist and naturalist who was a free-lance writer for many years with interests in the natural and human sciences, writing magazine articles and many books. Secretary of the Interior, Steward Udall, called Farb “one of the finest conservation spokesmen of our period.”
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Science Quotes by Peter Farb (1 quote)
In place of science, the Eskimo has only magic to bridge the gap between what he can understand and what is not known. Without magic, his life would be one long panic.
— Peter Farb
In Man’s Rise to Civilization (1968), 48.
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) -- 
