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Helena Curtis
(1924 - 11 Feb 2005)
American science writer began as a freelance writer. Her first book, The Viruses (1965), followed by The Marvelous Animals (1968), led to a commission to write a college textbook, Biology. Curtis was not an academic in the field, but did hold a degree in science writing. She combined research for scientific accuracy with a writing style described as witty and elegant.
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Science Quotes by Helena Curtis (1 quote)
You and I are flesh and blood, but we are also stardust.
— Helena Curtis
On the formation of the planet earth, in Invitation to Biology (3rd ed., 1981), 15, or (5th ed. 1994), 19.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
