Robert H. MacArthur Quote

Not all naturalists want to do science; many take refuge in nature's complexity as a justification to oppose any search for patterns.... Doing science is not such a barrier to feeling or such a dehumanizing influence as is often made out. It does not take the beauty from nature.


Geographical Ecology, Introduction (p. 1), Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972


Not all naturalists want to do science; many take refuge in nature's complexity as a justification to oppose any search for patterns.... Doing...

Not all naturalists want to do science; many take refuge in nature's complexity as a justification to oppose any search for patterns.... Doing...

Not all naturalists want to do science; many take refuge in nature's complexity as a justification to oppose any search for patterns.... Doing...

Not all naturalists want to do science; many take refuge in nature's complexity as a justification to oppose any search for patterns.... Doing...