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René Dubos

Born

in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France

February 20, 1901

Died

February 20, 1982

Genre

Science

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René Jules Dubos was an American microbiologist, experimental pathologist, environmentalist, and humanist. He is credited as an author of the maxim, "Think globally, act locally". ...more

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	So Human an Animal: How We are Shaped by Surroundings and Events by René Dubos, David Mechanic (Introduction), Jill Cooper (Introduction) 3.92 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1968 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mirage of Health: Utopias, Progress, and Biological Change 4.15 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1959 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A God Within 4.27 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1972 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man Adapting: With a New Chapter by the Author (The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series) 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1965 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pasteur and Modern Science 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1960 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dreams of Reason: Science and Utopias 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1961 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Celebrations of life 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1981 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Social Capital: Theory and Research (SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beast or Angel 3.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1974 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reason Awake 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1970 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is often by a trivial, even an anecdotal decision, that we direct our activities into a certain channel, and thus determine which of the potential expressions of our individuality become manifest. Usually we know nothing of the ultimate orientation or of the outlet toward which we travel, and the stream sweeps us to a formula of life from which there is no returning. Every decision is like a murder, and our march forward is over the stillborn bodies of all our possible selves that will never be.”
― René Dubos, Louis Pasteur: Free Lance of Science

tags: choice, individuality, limitation, potential, self

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“Think globally, act locally.”
― René Dubos

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“Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.”
― Rene Dubos

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