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William H. Calvin is a renowned neuroscientist and cognitive scientist, born on April 30, 1939. He served as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where he conducted research on how the brain processes information and how these processes affect our cognition and behavior.

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“Since Serengeti-scale savanna scenes are only one or two million years old, our earliest after-the-apes ancestors didn't move into this scene so much as they evolved with it, as the slower climate changes and uplift produced more grass and less forest.”

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Book:A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change

Source: A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change

“Anyone who would tackle our current addiction to fossil fuels is going to have to maneuver around denial.”

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Book:Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

Source: Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

“Carbon-free energy is simply something we have to do. The time for talk is past. If we turn around net carbon emissions by 2020 rather than 2040, we get another 2° of fever rather than 3° - and that's a big difference.”

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Book:Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

Source: Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

“Carrying on as usual carries enormous risks, condemning today's students to a world of constant insecurity and frequent catastrophes.”

World Today Risk Students Constant Climate Change Enormous Insecurity Carrie Usual Catastrophe Condemning Carrying On

Author:William H. Calvin

“Climate change has a very high procrastination penalty that just grows with each passing year of inaction - rather like what happens if you don't pay off your credit card. But for climate, there is no such thing as a fresh start from bankruptcy.”

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Author:William H. Calvin

“If we don't start thinking big about the CO2 problem, we may miss our opportunity to stop a climate runaway that will trash the habitable parts of the earth.”

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Book:Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

Source: Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

“Perhaps we should put up posters in such places reminding people that where they stand was underwater the last time that the Earth ran a 3°F fever.”

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Author:William H. Calvin

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Born: April 30, 1939
Known for: Professor
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