Quote of the day
Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
John Gribbin
Born: March 19, 1946 (age 79)
Bio: John R. Gribbin is a British science writer, an astrophysicist, and a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex.
Known for:
- In Search of Schrödinger's Cat (1984)
- Deep simplicity (2004)