The most important scientist you have never heard of

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Cypress

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According to Professor David Sadava, the agronomist Norman Borlaug's work on plant and crop genetics ultimately saved one billion people from staving to death in the 20th century.

Norman Ernest Borlaug (1914 – 2009) was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. Borlaug was awarded multiple honors for his work, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. (source: Wikimedia)

"In 1970, Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. There is no Nobel Prize for agriculture, but it was appropriate that he be honored, because his work prevented massive starvation and the political instability that would have followed. By human impact, it was the most important genetics experiment of the 20th century." (Source credit: Professor David Sadava)
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Interesting, although We have a ton of people to thank for genetics.

Including Borlaug the Norweigan American.
But also
Like Scots Irish racist James Watson, the English Francis Crick deeply influenced by the Jewish Rosalind Franklin.

Others include English evolutionary Biologist Dawkins a English race realist & Stephen Jay Gould a Jewish anti Racist.

Although it appears
Czech German Gregory Mendel likely influenced by Polish Jan Drzezion.
Is one of the modern begginings.

Both from different sides of Silesia.
 
Borlaug most certainly deserved his Nobel Peace Prize.
For helping save billions from starvation.

And Obama?
Did he deserve s Nobel Peace prize for helping Saudis blockade Yemen to let millions starve?
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
He began the Green Revolution!
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Moral of the story: great science is not driven by the smartest people with the fanciest ivy league degrees. As Einstein showed us.

Great science is driven a strong moral vision, creativity, and exceptional character. Borloaug could have had a safe, profitable, and comfortable career by working at a public agricultural land grant university.

He was driven by a concern about starvation in the developing world, and chose to go work in Mexico with poor farmers, on a project which was far from guaranteed to succeed and could have easily failed.
 
Cypress said:
According to Professor David Sadava, the agronomist Norman Borlaug's work on plant and crop genetics ultimately saved one billion people from staving to death in the 20th century.
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There are so many unsung people. Thanks for the information.
 
RomanDmowski said:
Borlaug most certainly deserved his Nobel Peace Prize.
For helping save billions from starvation.

And Obama?
Did he deserve s Nobel Peace prize for helping Saudis blockade Yemen to let millions starve?
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That’s another thread. You’re a broken record bringing your bigotry into ever thread. It’s tiresome.
 
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