Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Mahlon Hoagland
Born: October 5, 1921
Died: September 18, 2009 (aged 87)
Bio: Mahlon Bush Hoagland was an American biochemist who discovered transfer RNA, the translator of the genetic code.
Known for:
- The way life works (1995)
- Toward the habit of truth (1990)
- The roots of life (1978)