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Walter M. Fitch
(21 May 1929 - 11 Mar 2011)
American evolutionary biologist who is professor of molecular evolution at the University of California. He is a pioneer in the reconstruction of evolutionary trees (phylogenetic trees) from protein and DNA sequences.
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Science Quotes by Walter M. Fitch (1 quote)
One major problem with any science is that people who don't know the conceptual history of their field go round re-inventing the elliptical wheel.
— Walter M. Fitch
Telephone conversation with Susan Abrams 1983.
See also:
- 21 May - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Fitch's birth.
- The Three Failures of Creationism: Logic, Rhetoric, and Science, by Walter M. Fitch. - 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) -- 
