Quote of the day
The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat.
It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
Is it a terrible thing to be lonely?
Robert Jastrow
Born: September 7, 1925
Died: February 8, 2008 (aged 82)
Bio: Robert Jastrow was an American astronomer, physicist and cosmologist. He was a leading NASA scientist, populist author and futurist.
Known for:
- God and the Astronomers (1978)
- Red giants and white dwarfs (1969)
- Origins of Life in the Universe (2008)
- Until the Sun Dies (1977)
- Journey to the Stars (1989)