David Beerling
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“The great evolutionary biologist J B S Haldane (1892-1964), on being asked by a cleric what biology could say about the Creator, entertainingly replied, 'I'm really not sure, except that the Creator, if he exists, must have an inordinate fondness of beetles.”
― The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History
― The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History
“Genes in the tool kit are important actors in this picture, but the tool kit itself represents only possibilities, not destiny.”
― The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History
― The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History
“...'photosynthesis: the plant miracle that daily gives us bread and wine, the oxygen we breathe, and simply sustains all life as we know it.”
― The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History
― The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History
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