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).
Morris H. DeGroot

Born: June 8, 1931
Died: November 2, 1989 (aged 58)
Bio: Morris Herman DeGroot was an American statistician.
Known for:
- Probability and statistics (1975)
- Optimal statistical decisions (1969)