Johan Hjort
(18 Feb 1869 - 7 Oct 1948)
Norwegian marine biologist, oceanographer and fishery scientist who was a leading and influential scientist in his field. He promoted the use of scientific modeling methods for fisheries biology.
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Science Quotes by Johan Hjort (2 quotes)
One night we were hauling long lines on the Faroe slope, working with an electric lamp hanging over the side in order to see the line, when like lightning flashes one squid after another shot towards the light; … In October 1902 we were one night steaming outside the slopes of the coast banks of Norway, and for many miles we could see the squids moving in the surface waters like luminous bubbles, resembling large milky white electric lamps being constantly lit and extinguished.
— Johan Hjort
From Sir John Murray and Johan Hyort, The Depths of the Ocean (1912), 649.
The complexity of an object depends not on itself, but of the degree to which it is investigated, and the questions we ourselves raise in investigating it.
— Johan Hjort
In The Unity of Science (1921), 141.