Quote of the day
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
Francis Sears
Born: October 1, 1898
Died: November 12, 1975 (aged 77)
Bio: Francis Weston Sears was an American physicist. He was a professor of physics at MIT for 35 years before moving to Dartmouth College in 1956 and is best known for co-authoring University Physics, an introductory physics textbook, with Mark Zemansky.
Known for:
- University Physics (1949)
- College Physics (1948)
- Study Guide to Accompany College Physics
- Mechanics, heat and sound (1944)