Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Brian M. Fagan
Born: August 1, 1936 (age 88)
Bio: Brian Murray Fagan is a British prolific author of popular archaeology books and a professor emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Known for:
- The long summer (2004)
- The Little Ice Age (2000)
- World prehistory (1979)
- Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind (2011)