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Herbert Spencer Jennings
(8 Apr 1868 - 14 Apr 1947)
American zoologist.
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Science Quotes by Herbert Spencer Jennings (1 quote)
A cell of a higher organism contains a thousand different substances, arranged in a complex system. This great organized system was not discovered by chemical or physical methods; they are inadequate to its refinement and delicacy and complexity.
— Herbert Spencer Jennings
'The Cell in Relation to its Environment', Journal of the Maryland Academy of Sciences (1931), 2, 25.
See also:
- 8 Apr - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Jennings's birth.
- Behavior of the Lower Organisms, by Herbert Spencer Jennings. - 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) -- 
