Quote of the day
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Jay Pasachoff

Born: July 1, 1943
Died: November 20, 2022 (aged 79)
Bio: Jay Myron Pasachoff was an American astronomer. Pasachoff was Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams College and the author of textbooks and tradebooks in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and other sciences.
Known for:
- The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium (2001)
- Astronomy, from the earth to the universe (1979)
- Contemporary astronomy (1977)
- The complete idiot's guide to the sun (2003)







