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Deborah Blum Quotes:

Deborah Blum quotes

Ocupation: Journalist

Life: b. October 19, 1954

Birthday: October 19

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In a best-selling book, 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs (reprinted nine times by 1935), a pair of consumer-advocate authors complained that American citizens had become test animals for chemical industries that were indifferent to their customers' well-being. The government, they added bitterly, was complicit.

source: - Deborah Blum (2011). “The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York”, p.118, Penguin

Topics: Book, Animal, Indifferent

I don't think we can understand who we are without illuminating the steps that led us here. And I like to remind people we have a really good knowledge base if we would just pay attention to what's already there - it keeps us from being too arrogant.

source: - Source: www.avclub.com

Topics: Thinking, People, Attention

Beyond the Einsteins and Darwins, most scientists don't have chroniclers. Einstein and Darwin were geniuses - that helps. Many scientists do amazing stuff, but it just disappears into footnotes and dusty medical journals. If I were masochistic enough, I could spend the rest of my life rescuing scientists. Most of them aren't natural self-promoters.

source: - Source: www.avclub.com

Topics: Genius, Helping, Medical, Masochistic

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