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Rodolphe Töpffer
(31 Jan 1799 - 8 Jun 1846)
Swiss writer who is regarded as the creator of the comic strip in the 1830s-40s. His picture-stories are considered the first in the genre.
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Science Quotes by Rodolphe Töpffer (1 quote)
I always love geology. In winter, particularly, it is pleasant to listen to theories about the great mountains one visited in the summer; or about the Flood or volcanoes; about great catastrophes or about blisters; above all about fossils … Everywhere there are hypotheses, but nowhere truths; many workmen, but no experts; priests, but no God. In these circumstances each man can bring his hypothesis like a candle to a burning altar, and on seeing his candle lit declare ‘Smoke for smoke, sir, mine is better than yours’. It is precisely for this reason that I love geology.
— Rodolphe Töpffer
In Nouvelles Genevoises (1910), 306. First edition, 1841.
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) -- 
