Quote of the day
The [Nobel ]prize is such an extraordinary honor. It might seem unfair, however, to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses.
Geoffrey Hoyle

Born: 1942 (age 84)
Bio: Geoffrey Hoyle is an English science fiction writer, best known for the works which he co-wrote with his father, the astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle. About half of Fred Hoyle's science fiction works were co-written with his son.
Known for:
- Fifth Planet (1963)
- Rockets in Ursa Major (1969)
- Into Deepest Space (1974)
- Seven Steps to the Sun (1970)
- The Incandescent Ones (1977)






