Quote of the day
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
Jean-Baptiste Biot
Born: April 21, 1774
Died: February 3, 1862 (aged 87)
Bio: Jean-Baptiste Biot was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied the polarization of light. The mineral biotite was named in his honor.