Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Karl Taylor Compton
Born: September 14, 1887
Died: June 22, 1954 (aged 66)
Bio: Karl Taylor Compton was a prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1930 to 1948.
Known for:
- The Battle of the Alchemists
- Scientists Face the World of 1942 (1942)