Quote of the day
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort.
Bernard Katz

Born: March 26, 1911
Died: April 20, 2003 (aged 92)
Bio: Sir Bernard Katz was a German-born biophysicist, noted for his work on nerve biochemistry. He shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1970 with Julius Axelrod and Ulf von Euler. He was knighted in 1970.
Known for:
- Enhancing Employee Performance (1994)
- The Ways of an Atheist
- The release of neural transmitter substances (1969)
- Nerve, Muscle, and Synapse (1966)






