Franziska Michor Is the Isaac Newton of Biology

By Cash Simpson in Science & Supermodels

December 4, 2007

Franziska Michor Is the Isaac Newton of Biology.

Hype? Maybe. But Tom Junod could endorse Hitler and vampire babies and I would probably agree. Plus, why don't we have any evolutionary biologists who write here that look like this?

Anyway, this deserves consideration and a full article, which I wrote under the title Maybe, if hundred pound genius chicks are your thing, Franziska Michor is okay.

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