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Alfred Sherwood Romer
(28 Dec 1894 - 5 Nov 1973)
American paleontologist.
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Science Quotes by Alfred Sherwood Romer (1 quote)
In vertebrate paleontology, increasing knowledge leads to triumphant loss of clarity.
— Alfred Sherwood Romer
Synapsid Evolution and Dentition, International Colloquium on the Evolution of Mammals, Brussels (1962.)
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28 Dec - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Romer's birth. 
Vertebrate Paleontology, by Alfred Sherwood Romer. - book suggestion.
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan
