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William Herbert Hobbs
(1864 - 1953)
American geologist and explorer who took part in expeditions to Greenland (1926-30), and wrote many articles and a book on Peary.
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Science Quotes by William Herbert Hobbs (1 quote)
Anyone who has examined into the history of the theories of earth evolution must have been astounded to observe the manner in which the unique and the difficultly explainable has been made to take the place of the common and the natural in deriving the framework of these theories.
— William Herbert Hobbs
Earth Evolution and Facial Expression (1921), 174.
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) -- 
