Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Ruth Hubbard

Born: March 3, 1924
Died: September 1, 2016 (aged 92)
Bio: Ruth Hubbard was a professor of biology at Harvard University, where she was the first woman to hold a tenured professorship position in biology.
Known for:
- EXPLODING GENE MYTH PA (1993)
- The politics of women's biology (1990)
- Profitable promises (1995)
- Gomery's Blinders and Canadian Federalism (2007)
- Reinventing Biology (1995)