Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)