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.
Eric Mazur
Born: November 14, 1954 (age 70)
Bio: Eric Mazur is a physicist and educator at Harvard University, and an entrepreneur in technology start-ups for the educational and technology markets. Mazur's research is in experimental ultrafast optics and condensed matter physics.
Known for:
- Principles & Practice of Physics (2006)
- Peer instruction (1997)
- Principles and Practice of Physics (2014)