"[The] subjective [historical] element in geologic studies accounts……" — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
"[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, the other regarding geology as an exact science."
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Geology differs from physics, chemistry, and biology in that the possibilities for experiment are limited.
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We will be able to depart this life with the quiet peace-giving notion, that we were permitted to contribute to…
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Experiments in geology are far more difficult than in physics and chemistry because of the greater size of the objects,…
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Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process of the human mind which is generally called science and to which…
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As geology is essentially a historical science, the working method of the geologist resembles that of the historian. This makes…
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[In geology,] As in history, the material in hand remains silent if no questions are asked. The nature of these…
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There is, however, no universal recipe for scientific advance. It is a matter of groping forward into terra incognita of…
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