Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
William H. Calvin
Born: April 30, 1939 (age 86)
Bio: William H. Calvin, Ph.D. is an American theoretical neurophysiologist and professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is a well-known popularizer of neuroscience and evolutionary biology, including the hybrid of these two fields, neural Darwinism.
Known for:
- How Brains Think (1996)
- Conversations With Neil's Brain (1994)
- The cerebral code (1996)
- The Throwing Madonna (1983)
- The River That Flows Uphill (1986)