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Leonid Kulik
(19 Aug 1883 - 24 Apr 1942)
Russian mineralogist who conducted the first scientific expedition (for which records survive) to study the Tungusta meteor impact site.
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Science Quotes by Leonid Kulik (1 quote)
The results of even a cursory examination exceeded all the tales of eyewitnesses and my wildest expectations.
Writing his recollection of his first sight of the Tunguska destruction.
Writing his recollection of his first sight of the Tunguska destruction.
— Leonid Kulik
Quoted in Alan E. Rubin, Disturbing the Solar System (2002), 186
See also:
- 19 Aug - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Kulik's birth.
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) -- 
