Quote of the day
The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.
Kristian Birkeland
Born: December 13, 1867
Died: June 15, 1917 (aged 49)
Bio: Kristian Olaf Bernhard Birkeland was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered as the person whose theories of atmospheric electric currents elucidated the nature of the aurora borealis.