Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Robert Stawell Ball
Born: July 1, 1840
Died: November 25, 1913 (aged 73)
Bio: Sir Robert Stawell Ball was an Irish astronomer who founded the screw theory.
Known for:
- Great Astronomers (1895)
- The story of the heavens (1885)
- A Treatise on the Theory of Screws (1900)
- A popular guide to the heavens (1904)