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Jane Goodall. May not exactly be the type you had in mind, but a scientist none the less. Came across this article yesterday and enjoyed the read. As a kid, when National Geographic specials came we always watched.
/Excerpt: Jane Goodall, how a woman redefined mankind
One of several interesting quotes:
Jane was only the eighth person in the history of the university (Cambridge) to enter a doctorate program without a degree.
On a more humorous note:
At that time—the 1960s—the defining characteristic of man was that he alone, among all the creatures on God’s green Earth, made tools. We called ourselves Man the Toolmaker, and that skill allegedly distinguished us from every other living thing. I find this odd. You would think biologists would have focused on something there was no chance of any other creature ever mastering. Why were we not Man the Terrible Joke Teller? Or Man the Insufferable Fishing Trip Yarn Spinner?
/Excerpt: Jane Goodall, how a woman redefined mankind
One of several interesting quotes:
Jane was only the eighth person in the history of the university (Cambridge) to enter a doctorate program without a degree.
On a more humorous note:
At that time—the 1960s—the defining characteristic of man was that he alone, among all the creatures on God’s green Earth, made tools. We called ourselves Man the Toolmaker, and that skill allegedly distinguished us from every other living thing. I find this odd. You would think biologists would have focused on something there was no chance of any other creature ever mastering. Why were we not Man the Terrible Joke Teller? Or Man the Insufferable Fishing Trip Yarn Spinner?