Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
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