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Diane Ackerman
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- October 7, 1948
- Works
- 59
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver
- Pearson Literature--California--Reading and Language
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Silver Level
- The Antarctic
- The book of love
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 24
- Total plays
- 71
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,519x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,384x
- The Timed “Up & Go”: A Test of Basic Functional Mobility for Frail Elderly Persons
· 1991 · cited 11,791x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,812x
- The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans
· 2020 · cited 8,915x
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Quotes
- “I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.”
- “I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to live the width of it as well.”
- “I plan my garden as I wish I could plan my life, with islands of surprise, color, and scent. A seductive aspect of gardening is how many rituals it requires.”
- “Human beings are sloshing sacks of chemicals on the move.”
- “... you don't have to be larger than life to come to the aid of somebody in trouble. All you need to be able to be compassionate, put your own troubles on hold while someone else's are taking the forefront, and, maybe the toughest part, you have to be wholly nonjudgemental.”
- “... extinction is happening very fast, because we've been destroying habitats — and polluting things. And there may come a time when we want to bring back animals, or we could use the just to the enrich the gene pool of animals that are very close to extinction.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1948-10-07 ) October 7, 1948 (age 77)
- Occupation
- Author
- Nationality
- American
- Education
- Pennsylvania State University ( BA ), Cornell University ( MA , MFA , PhD )
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- Official website
- www.dianeackerman.com
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Diane Ackerman (born October 7, 1948) is an American poet, essayist, and naturalist known for her books and films.
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