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.
Basil John Mason
Born: August 18, 1923
Died: January 6, 2015 (aged 91)
Bio: Sir John Mason is an expert on cloud physics and former Director of the UK Meteorological Office. His work includes the Mason Equation, giving the growth or evaporation of small water droplets.
Known for:
- The physics of clouds (1957)
- Clouds, rain, and rainmaking (1962)
- The Surface Waters Acidification Programme (1990)