Quote of the day
In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.
Orrin H. Pilkey
Born: September 14, 1934
Died: December 13, 2024 (aged 90)
Bio: Orrin H. Pilkey was Emeritus Professor of Geology and Director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines within the Division of Earth and Ocean Science at Duke University.
Known for:
- Useless arithmetic (2007)
- Global Climate Change: A Primer (2011)
- The Last Beach (2014)
- The Rising Sea (2009)