Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
C. H. Waddington
Born: November 8, 1905
Died: September 26, 1975 (aged 69)
Bio: Conrad Hal Waddington CBE FRS FRSE was a British developmental biologist, paleontologist, geneticist, embryologist and philosopher who laid the foundations for systems biology, epigenetics, and evolutionary developmental biology.
Known for:
- The strategy of the genes (1957)
- The scientific attitude (1941)
- An introduction to modern genetics (1939)
- The ethical animal (1960)
- The nature of life (1961)