That which passes under the name earth-science is not all science in the strict sense of the term. Not a little consists of generalizations from incomplete data, of inferences hung on chains of uncertain logic, of interpretations not beyond question, of hypotheses not fully verified, and of speculation none too substantial.


Congress of Arts and Science: Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 1904, Volume 4, The Methods of the Earth-Sciences (p. 477)

Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin Quotes

That which passes under the name earth-science is not all science in the strict sense of the term. Not a little consists of generalizations from...

That which passes under the name earth-science is not all science in the strict sense of the term. Not a little consists of generalizations from...

That which passes under the name earth-science is not all science in the strict sense of the term. Not a little consists of generalizations from...

That which passes under the name earth-science is not all science in the strict sense of the term. Not a little consists of generalizations from...