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Richard B. Goldschmidt
(12 Apr 1878 - 24 Apr 1958)
German-American zoologist who specialized in heredity.
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Science Quotes by Richard B. Goldschmidt (3)
I have accumulated a wealth of knowledge in innumerable spheres and enjoyed it as an always ready instrument for exercising the mind and penetrating further and further. Best of all, mine has been a life of loving and being loved. What a tragedy that all this will disappear with the used-up body!
— Richard B. Goldschmidt
In and Out of the Ivory Tower (1960), 311.
The decisive step in evolution, the first step toward macroevolution, the step from one species to another, requires another evolutionary method than that of sheer accumulation of micromutations.
— Richard B. Goldschmidt
See also: | Evolution (223)
We have long been seeking a different kind of evolutionary process and have now found one; namely, the change within the pattern of the chromosomes. ... The neo-Darwinian theory of the geneticists is no longer tenable.
— Richard B. Goldschmidt
The Material Basis of Evolution (1940), 397.
