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David S. Landes
(29 Apr 1924 - 17 Aug 2013)
American historian and author whose work focused on historical circumstances in economic development, technological innovation and the complex dynamics of cultural values. His best-known book is The Weath and Poverty of Nations.
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Science Quotes by David S. Landes (2 quotes)
In Japan, an exceptional dexterity that comes from eating with chopsticks … is especially useful in micro-assembly. (This … brings smiles from my colleagues, but I stand by it. Much of modern assembly is fine tweezer work, and nothing prepares for it better than eating with chopsticks from early childhood.)
— David S. Landes
In The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor (1998, 1999), 475.
The ordinary man (or woman) thinks he knows what time is but cannot say. The learned man, physicist or philosopher, is not sure he knows but is ready to write volumes on the subject of his speculation and ignorance.
— David S. Landes
In Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World (1983), 1.
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- Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World, by David S. Landes. by David S Landes. - book suggestion.
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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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