"Piaget, who was originally trained as a biologist, views intellectual development as an interaction of an inherited g…"

"The rules followed are tight enough to produce a broad overlap in the decisions taken by all individuals and hence a …"

"The race to make discoveries of the greatest generality, to solve the major problems in the 'mainstream of biology,' …"

"[Biology has] become the paramount science, exceeding other disciplines, including physics and chemistry at least, in…"

"This planet can be a paradise in the 22nd century."

"My definition of a scientist is that you can complete the following sentence: ‘he or she has shown that…’,”"

"Wonderful theory, wrong species. (On Marxism, which he considered more suited to ants than to humans.)"

"The toxic mix of religion and tribalism has become so dangerous as to justify taking seriously the alternative view, …"

"Will we solve the crises of next hundred years? asked Krulwich. “Yes, if we are honest and smart,” said Wilson. “The …"

"The ideal scientist thinks like a poet and only later works like a bookkeeper."