Louis Agassiz quotes
Louis Agassiz was a Swiss-American biologist and geologist renowned for his groundbreaking work on glaciers and the Ice Age. His research significantly advanced the study of natural history, especially in North America. He also played a key role in founding scientific institutions and educating future generations of scientists. Here are 13 of his quotes:
The world has arisen in some way or another. How it originated is the great question, and Darwin's theory, like all other attempts to explain the origin of life, is thus far merely conjectural. I believe he has not even made the best conjecture possible in the present state of our knowledge.
Louis Agassiz
Foldings of the earth's crust, low hills, extensive plains, mountain-chains and narrow valleys, broad table-lands and wide valleys, local chimneys or volcanoes, river-beds, lake-basins, inland seas,-such are some of the phenomena which, disconnected as they seem at first glance, have nevertheless been brought under certain principles, and explained according to definite physical laws.
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Occupation: Swiss Scientist
Born: May 28, 1807
Died: December 14, 1873
Quotes count: 13
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