Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Lewis Strauss
Born: January 31, 1896
Died: January 21, 1974 (aged 77)
Bio: Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss was a Jewish American businessman, philanthropist, public official, and naval officer. He was a major figure in the development of nuclear weapons and nuclear power in the United States.
Known for:
- Tristes Tropiques (1955)
- The Savage Mind (1962)
- The Raw and the Cooked (1964)
- Anthropologie structurale deux (1973)
- Myth and Meaning