Quote of the day
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
George Johnstone Stoney
Born: February 15, 1826
Died: July 5, 1911 (aged 85)
Bio: George Johnstone Stoney FRS was an Anglo-Irish physicist. He is most famous for introducing the term electron as the "fundamental unit quantity of electricity".