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Chester R. Longwell
(15 Oct 1887 - 15 Dec 1975)
American geologist , a professor at Yale, who was an authority on the geology of southern Nevada.
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Science Quotes by Chester R. Longwell (2 quotes)
If the fit between South America and Africa is not genetic, surely it is a device of Satan for our frustration.
— Chester R. Longwell
Symposium paper, 'My Estimate of the Continental Drift Concept' presented at University of
Tasmania, published in S.W. Carey, Continental Drift: A Symposium (1958), 10. Excerpted in Henry R. Frankel, The Continental Drift Controversy: Paleomagnetism and Confirmation of Drift (2012), 343.
The Wegener hypothesis has been so stimulating and has such fundamental implications in geology as to merit respectful and sympathetic interest from every geologist. Some striking arguments in his favor have been advanced, and it would be foolhardy indeed to reject any concept that offers a possible key to the solution of profound problems in the Earth’s history.
Published while geologists remained sceptical of Alfred Wegener’s idea of Continental Drift, Though unconvinced, he published these thoughts suggesting that critics should be at least be open-minded. His patience was proven justified when two decades later, the theory of plate tectonics provided a mechanism for the motion of the continents.
Published while geologists remained sceptical of Alfred Wegener’s idea of Continental Drift, Though unconvinced, he published these thoughts suggesting that critics should be at least be open-minded. His patience was proven justified when two decades later, the theory of plate tectonics provided a mechanism for the motion of the continents.
— Chester R. Longwell
Some Thoughts on the Evidence for Continental Drift (1944).
See also:
- 15 Oct - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Longwell's birth.
- Chester R. Longwell - context of quote “Device of … Frustration” - Medium image (500 x 250 px)
- Chester R. Longwell - context of quote “Device of … Frustration” - Large image (800 x 600 px)
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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