Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Thomas Eisner

Born: June 25, 1929
Died: March 25, 2011 (aged 81)
Bio: Thomas Eisner was a German-American entomologist and ecologist, known as the "father of chemical ecology." He was a Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology at Cornell University, and Director of the Cornell Institute for Research in Chemical Ecology.
Known for:
- For Love of Insects (2003)
- Secret weapons (2005)
- Eisner's World: Life Through Many Lenses (2009)
- Chromatic Fantasy (2000)
- Insect World