Geology Quotes

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No Geologist worth anything is permanently bound to a desk o

No Geologist worth anything is permanently bound to a desk or laboratory, but the charming notion that true science can only be based on unbiased observation of nature in the raw is mythology. Creative work, in geology and anywhere else, is interaction and synthesis: half-baked ideas from a bar room, rocks in the field, chains of thought from lonely walks, numbers squeezed from rocks in a laboratory, numbers from a calculator riveted to a desk, fancy equipment usually malfunctioning on expensive ships, cheap equipment in the human cranium, arguments before a road cut.

Stephen Jay Gould

Science Geology Outdoors

Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of

Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of geology.

Thomas E. Woods Jr.

Science Western Civilization Catholicism Geology

That's Third Thoughts for you. When a huge rock is going to

That's Third Thoughts for you. When a huge rock is going to land on your head, they're the thoughts that think: Is that an igneous rock, such as granite, or is it sandstone? - Tiffany Aching in

Terry Pratchett

Imagination Humor Funny Science Curiosity Witches Geology Perspicacity