Quote of the day
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
Malcolm Longair

Born: May 18, 1941 (age 83)
Bio: Malcolm Sim Longair CBE FRS FRSE is a British physicist. From 1991 to 2008 he was the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.
Known for:
- High Energy Astrophysics (1981)
- Theoretical concepts in physics (1984)
- The Cosmic Century (2006)
- Galaxy formation (1998)