Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
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)