Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Karl von Frisch
Born: November 20, 1886
Died: June 12, 1982 (aged 95)
Bio: Karl Ritter von Frisch, ForMemRS was an Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973, along with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz.
Known for:
- The dance language and orientation of bees (1967)
- Aus dem Leben der Bienen (1927)
- Ten little housemates (1960)