Quote of the day
I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.
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Bio: Alfred Rupert Hall was a prominent British historian of science, known as editor of a collection of Isaac Newton's unpublished scientific papers, and Newton's correspondence, in 1977.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)






