Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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)