Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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