There is, however, no universal recipe for scientific advance. It is a matter of groping forward into terra incognita of the outer world by means of methods which should be adapted to the circumstances. — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share Image
As geology is essentially a historical science, the working method of the geologist resembles that of the historian. This makes the personality of the… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share Image
[The] subjective [historical] element in geologic studies accounts for two characteristic types that can be distinguished among geologists: one considering geology as a creative… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share Image
Experiments in geology are far more difficult than in physics and chemistry because of the greater size of the objects, commonly outside our laboratories, up to the earth itself, and also because of the fact that the geologic time scale exceeds the human time scale by a million and more times. This difference in time allows only direct observations of… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share
Geology differs from physics, chemistry, and biology in that the possibilities for experiment are limited. — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share Image
In our lives we have known hell and heaven; the final balance, however, is that we helped pave the way to dynamic harmony in… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share Image
Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process of the human mind which is generally called science and to which man is driven by… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share Image
The subjective element in geological studies accounts for two characteristic types that can be distinguished among geologists. One considering geology as a creative art,… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share Image
Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process of the human mind which is generally called science and to which man is driven by… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share Image
There is, however, no universal recipe for scientific advance. It is a matter of groping forward into terra incognita of the outer world by… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share Image
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