Quote by: Jacques Monod

Armed with all the powers, enjoying all the wealth they owe to science, our societies are still trying to practice and to teach systems of values already destroyed at the roots by that very science. Man knows at last that he is alone in the indifferent immensity of the universe, whence which he has emerged by chance. His duty, like his fate, is written nowhere.


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Author Bio


  • NameJacques Monod
  • DescriptionFrench biologist
  • BornFebruary 9, 1910
  • DiedMay 31, 1976
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Biologist; Biochemist; Geneticist; Physician
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Legion Of Honour; Croix De Guerre 1939–1945; Knight Of The Order Of Academic Palms; Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine; Médaille De La Résistance; Carus Medal; Marjory Stephenson Prize