Murray Gell-Mann
As the person who conceived of quarks, he has since tried to unify physics and biology with the concept of sciences based on emergent properties and organic complexity derived from the quantum mechanics.

Lynn Margulis
Microbiologist and genetic research scientist she changed the way taxonomy or the ordering of biological species was described. She also revealed the singular and ongoing importance of bacteria to nurturing life on earth.

Fritjof Capra
Physicist and systems theorist says that "The cyclical nature of ecological unity of science processes is an important principle.…The ecosystem's feedback loops are the pathways along which nutrients are continually recycled."

"The lesson for human communities here is obvious."

Aldo Leopold
Wildlife biologist and applied zoologist whose systematic look at the populations of particular biomes and communities transformed his imagination, habits, views, ethical stance, and advocacy for sensible protection of nature.

Lewis Thomas
He says you can see how much sunlight reaches the surface of the Earth resembles, of all things a single cell. 

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