Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Nigel Calder

Born: December 2, 1931
Died: June 25, 2014 (aged 82)
Bio: Nigel David McKail Ritchie-Calder was a British science writer.
Known for:
- Violent Universe (1969)
- Einstein's universe (1979)
- The Chilling Stars (2007)