David Suzuki
Canadian popular scientist and environmental activist
David Takayoshi Suzuki CC OBC FRSC (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster, and environmental activist. He was a professor in the genetics department at the University of British Columbia from 1963 until he retired in 2001.
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Born | David Takayoshi Suzuki March 24, 1936 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
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Institutions | University of British Columbia |
Thesis | Interchromosomal effects on crossing over in Drosophila melanogaster (1961) |
Doctoral advisor | Bill Baker |
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Influences | Ian McTaggart-Cowan |
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Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has made television and radio series, documentaries and books about nature and the environment. He is host and narrator of the popular and long-running CBC Television science program The Nature of Things.
Suzuki was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2009.
References
change- ↑ Nancy Schiefer (2006-04-28). "Review: Suzuki laments conscience role". The London Free Press. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
As an atheist, Suzuki declares, he has no illusions about life and death, adding that the individual is insignificant in cosmic terms.
Review of book "David Suzuki: The Autobiography", by David Suzuki (Greystone Books, 2006)