Studying the behavior of large whales has been likened to astronomy. The observer glimpses his subjects, often at long range; he cannot do experiments, and he must continually try to infer from data that are usually inadequate.


Why Whales Leap, Scientific American, Volume 252, Number 3, March 1985 (p. 86)

Hal Whitehead Quotes

Studying the behavior of large whales has been likened to astronomy. The observer glimpses his subjects, often at long range; he cannot do...

Studying the behavior of large whales has been likened to astronomy. The observer glimpses his subjects, often at long range; he cannot do...

Studying the behavior of large whales has been likened to astronomy. The observer glimpses his subjects, often at long range; he cannot do...

Studying the behavior of large whales has been likened to astronomy. The observer glimpses his subjects, often at long range; he cannot do...