Friday, August 22, 2008

Jacob Bronowski died today – 34 years ago

Mathematician, biologist, and author (of the TV series The Ascent of Man) Jacob Bronowski was born on January 18, 1908 in Łódź, Congress Poland. He said, “You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.” [Does that make you want to be a carbon atom?]... Mr. Bronowski died on August 22, 1974 in East Hampton, New York.

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