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Dennis Overbye
(2 Jun 1944 - )
American science writer who studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, began working as a scientist in industry, but pivoted to a freelance career in science writing. In 1976 he began as assistant editor at Sky and Telescope magazine. He contributed articles to various periodicals, retaining a specialty in physics and cosmology.
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Science Quotes by Dennis Overbye (1 quote)
Dr. [Allan] Sandage was a man of towering passions and many moods, and for years, you weren't anybody in astronomy if he had not stopped speaking to you.
— Dennis Overbye
In Obituary, 'Allan Sandage, 84, Astronomer, Dies; Charted Cosmos’s Age and Expansion', New York Times (17 Nov 2010), B19.
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) -- 
