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Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
(27 Jan 1888 - 20 Mar 1947)
Swiss-Norwegian geochemist, mineralogist and petrologist who founded modern geochemistry by establishing a theoretical background that went beyond the previous mere data-collecting aspect of the field.
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Science Quotes by Victor Moritz Goldschmidt (1 quote)
This [cyanide] poison is for professors of chemistry only. You, as a professor of mechanics, will have to use the rope.
Said during the Nazi occupation of Norway.
Said during the Nazi occupation of Norway.
— Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
Quoted in Kaufman, Industrial Chemist and Chemical Manufacturer, Jan 1988.
See also:
- 27 Jan - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Goldschmidt's birth.
- Victor Moritz Goldschmidt: Father of Modern Geochemistry, by Brian Mason. - 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.
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