Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Bernard Lovell
Born: August 31, 1913
Died: August 6, 2012 (aged 98)
Bio: Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell was an English physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980.
Known for:
- Voice of the universe (1987)
- Emerging Cosmology (1981)
- Echoes of war (1991)
- Astronomer by chance (1990)