“she was the first to record the flea’s leap, one of the miracles of nature. (“If you were a flea,” she informed me, “you could jump to the height of Rockefeller Center and you could do that about thirty thousand times without stopping.”) McCullough, David. Brave Companions (p. 170). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition. McCullough, David. Brave Companions (p. 170). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition. ”

— Miriam Rothschild  

biologist