Quote of the day
The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness.
Christian de Duve
Born: October 2, 1917
Died: May 4, 2013 (aged 95)
Bio: Christian René Marie Joseph, Viscount de Duve was a Nobel Prize-winning Belgian cytologist and biochemist.
Known for:
- Vital Dust: Life as a Cosmic Imperative (1995)
- Life evolving (2002)
- A guided tour of the living cell (1984)