Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Patrick Suppes

Born: March 17, 1922
Died: November 17, 2014 (aged 92)
Bio: Patrick Colonel Suppes was an American philosopher who made significant contributions to philosophy of science, the theory of measurement, the foundations of quantum mechanics, decision theory, psychology and educational technology.
Known for:
- Axiomatic set theory (1972)
- Introduction to logic (1957)
- First Course in Mathematical Logic (1964)