Robert Sapolsky
Robert Sapolsky, PhD, is an American neuroendocrinologist and author who both focuses on research and lecturing students around the world on the topics of neurobiology, physiology, and biological anthropology. His research has primarily centered around stress and degeneration of neurons.
I love science, and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science means you cannot also choose compassion, or the arts, or be awed by nature. Science is not meant to cure us of mystery, but to reinvent and reinvigorate it.
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