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John F. Fulton
(1 Nov 1899 - 29 May 1960)
American neurophysiologist and science writer who collected his own library in the history of physiology, and in 1930 he published Selected Readings in the History of Physiology, drawn entirely from his own shelves.
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Science Quotes by John F. Fulton (1 quote)
In recent years scientists have grown self-conscious, perhaps because they have only lately become of age. They realize that they are now part of the drama of human history, and they look to the professional historian for background and perspective.
— John F. Fulton
(1932). Epigraph, without citation, in I. Bernard Cohen, Science, Servant of Man: A Layman's Primer for the Age of Science (1948), 1.
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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