Russell Baker

Person · Open Library

Born

1925

Works

42

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1929-12-23

Active to

1988-05-13

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1

Total plays

1

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities

   · 2000 · cited 23,000x

2. A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein

   · 1982 · cited 18,688x

3. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,756x

4. Atherosclerosis — An Inflammatory Disease

   · 1999 · cited 17,123x

5. Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis

   · 2022 · cited 13,840x

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Quotes

• “The cruel law of life is that a solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems than you have to.”
• “In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.”
• “People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.”
• “It seems to be a law of American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic.”
• “Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost. The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately to defeat him, and the three major classifications are based on the method each object uses to achieve its purpose. As a general rule, any object capable of breaking down at the moment when it is most needed will do so.”
• “Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.”

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