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).
Jordan Ellenberg

Born: 1971 (age 54)
Bio: Jordan Stuart Ellenberg is an American mathematician who is a professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin Madison. His research involves arithmetic geometry. He received both the A.B. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, where he was a two-time Putnam Fellow.