“You can drop a mouse down a thousand-yard mine shaft and, on arriving at the bottom, it gets a slight shock and walks away. A rat would probably be killed, though it can fall safely from the eleventh story of a building, a man is broken, a horse splashes.”
Quote by John B. S. Haldane
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John B. S. Haldane
John B. S. Haldane was an outstanding biologist known for his contributions to genetics, evolutionary theory, and biochemistry. His research had a profound impact on the development of modern biology. more
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