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).
Eugene Odum
Born: September 17, 1913
Died: August 10, 2002 (aged 88)
Bio: Eugene Pleasants Odum was an American biologist at the University of Georgia known for his pioneering work on ecosystem ecology. He and Howard T. Odum wrote the popular ecology textbook Fundamentals of Ecology, published in 1953.
Known for:
- Fundamentals of ecology (1953)
- Ecological vignettes (1998)
- Basic Ecology (1983)
- Ecology (1963)
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