Quote of the day
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. They must, they have no other models.
Brian Pippard
Born: September 7, 1920
Died: September 21, 2008 (aged 88)
Bio: Sir Alfred Brian Pippard, FRS, was a British physicist. He was Cavendish Professor of Physics from 1971 until 1984 and an Honorary Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, of which he was the first President. He was educated at Clifton College.
Known for:
- Cavendish Problems in Classical Physics (1962)
- Magnetoresistance in metals (1989)
- The physics of vibration (1978)
- Response and stability (1985)







