Quote of the day
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs; Heine was nearer the mark when he found in Him the divine Aristophanes. God's laughter is sometimes very coarse and unfit for polite ears; He is not satisfied with being Molière, He must needs also be Aristophanes and Rabelais.
John L. Heilbron

Born: March 17, 1934
Died: November 5, 2023 (aged 89)
Bio: John Lewis Heilbron was an American historian of science best known for his work in the history of physics and the history of astronomy.
Known for:
- The Sun in the Church (1999)
- Geometry civilized (1998)
- Electricity in the 17th and 18th centuries (1979)






