All Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Quotes
- Geology differs from physics, chemistry, and biology in that the possibilities for experiment are limited. Biology
- We will be able to depart this life with the quiet peace-giving notion, that we were permitted to contribute to the happiness of many who… Able
- 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… Actual
- Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process of the human mind which is generally called science and to which man is driven by an… Ache
- As geology is essentially a historical science, the working method of the geologist resembles that of the historian. This makes the personality of the geologist… Analyzes
- [In geology,] As in history, the material in hand remains silent if no questions are asked. The nature of these questions depends on the "school"… Asked
- [The] subjective [historical] element in geologic studies accounts for two characteristic types that can be distinguished among geologists: one considering geology as a creative art,… Accounts
- 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… Adapted
- In our lives we have known hell and heaven; the final balance, however, is that we helped pave the way to dynamic harmony in this… Balance