Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Jayant Narlikar
Born: July 19, 1938 (age 86)
Bio: Jayant Vishnu Narlikar is an Indian astrophysicist.
Known for:
- Introduction to cosmology (1983)
- The return of Vaman (1989)
- The lighter side of gravity (1982)
- An Introduction to Relativity (2010)
- Violent Phenomena in the Universe (1982)
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