Helen Fisher found out the science behind romance
The biological anthropologist died on August 17th, aged 79
What is love? A many-splendoured thing; the power that makes the world go round; a madness; a fire that can warm your heart or burn down the house; a deep sea; the greatest pleasure; infinity; blindness. The course of love never did run smooth. In the words of an Alaskan Native whom Helen Fisher liked to quote, it was also a pain as terrible “as a boil about to burst”.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Helen Fisher”
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