Ernst Mayr Quote

In science one learns not only by one's own mistakes but by the history of the mistakes of others.

The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution and Inheritance, Chapter 1 (p. 20), Harvard University Press. 1982

In science one learns not only by one's own mistakes but by the history of the mistakes of others.

In science one learns not only by one's own mistakes but by the history of the mistakes of others.

In science one learns not only by one's own mistakes but by the history of the mistakes of others.

In science one learns not only by one's own mistakes but by the history of the mistakes of others.