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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 quotes)
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
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.
See also:
- 12 Apr - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Goldschmidt's birth.
- Material Basis of Evolution, by Richard B. Goldschmidt. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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