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.
Clifford A. Pickover
Born: August 15, 1957 (age 67)
Bio: Clifford Alan Pickover is an American author, editor, and columnist in the fields of science, mathematics, science fiction, innovation, and creativity and is employed at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown, New York.
Known for:
- The Math Book (2014)
- Sex, Drugs, Einstein & Elves (2005)
- Surfing through hyperspace (1999)
- Archimedes to Hawking (2008)