Louis Agassiz

1807–1873 · Naturalist and geologist

Louis Agassiz was a Swiss-born naturalist who worked in the United States. His scientific reputation also made his name a vehicle for a wry saying about how new discoveries are resisted and then treated as obvious.

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“Every great scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible. Next they say it had been discovered before. Lastly they say they always believed it”

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