Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
John Ziman

Born: May 16, 1925
Died: January 2, 2005 (aged 79)
Bio: John Michael Ziman was a British-born New Zealand physicist and humanist who worked in the area of condensed matter physics. He was a spokesman for science, as well as a teacher and author.
Known for:
- Principles of the theory of solids (1964)
- Public knowledge (1968)
- An introduction to science studies (1984)
- Models of disorder (1979)