Rita Levi-Montalcini quotes - page 2
Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian neurologist and Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. Her groundbreaking research led to the discovery of nerve growth factor, a fundamental advance in neuroscience. She became an inspiration for women in science and continued her work well into her later years. Here are 31 of her quotes:
I consider imperfection a Darwinian spring of natural selection. For example, present day insects are identical to those of six million years ago: they were already perfect, and there was no reason for them to change. Man was instead imperfect, and this was the proxy for his own development and evolution.
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Occupation: Italian Scientist
Born: April 22, 1909
Died: December 30, 2012
Quotes count: 31
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