Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Alfred Rupert Hall
Born: July 26, 1920
Died: February 5, 2009 (aged 88)
Bio: Alfred Rupert Hall was a prominent British historian of science, known as editor of a collection of Isaac Newton's unpublished scientific papers, and Newton's correspondence, in 1977.
Known for:
- Isaac Newton: Adventurer in Thought (1992)
- From Galileo to Newton, 1630-1720 (1962)
- The Revolution in Science 1500 - 1750 (1983)