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William Ian Beardmore Beveridge

(1908–2006) Zoologist

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William Ian Beardmore Beveridge was a zoologist.

Quick Facts About William Ian Beardmore Beveridge

Born: April 23, 1908
Died: August 14, 2006
Profession: Zoologist

About William Ian Beardmore Beveridge

[Wikidata] British zoologist (1908-2006)... | [Wikipedia] William Ian Beardmore (WIB) Beveridge (1908–2006) was an Australian animal pathologist and director of the Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Cambridge. He was born on 23 April 1908 in Junee, New South Wales, Australia, and died on 14 August 2006. He was the author of The Art of Scientific

Quotes by William Ian Beardmore Beveridge

Paradoxical as it may at first appear, the fact is that, as W. H. George has said, scientific research is an art,…

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Hypothesis is a toll which can cause trouble if not used properly. We must be ready to abandon our hypothesis as soon…

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Cultivate an intellectual habit of subordinating one's opinions and wishes to objective evidence and a reverence for things as they really are.

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No one believes an hypothesis except its originator but everyone believes an experiment except the experimenter. Most people are ready to believe…

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Believe

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Many discoveries must have been stillborn or smothered at birth. We know only those which survived.

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Birth

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No one believes an hypothesis except its originator but everyone believes an experiment except the experimenter. Most people are ready to believe…

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Believe

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When adults first become conscious of something new, they usually either attack or try to escape from it ... Attack includes such…

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Elaborate apparatus plays an important part in the science of to-day, but I sometimes wonder if we are not inclined to forget…

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The Imagination merely enables us to wander into the darkness of the unknown where, by the dim light of the knowledge we…

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