Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Sander Gilman

Born: February 21, 1944 (age 81)
Bio: Sander L. Gilman is an American cultural and literary historian, born in New York. He is particularly well known for his contributions to Jewish studies and the history of medicine. He is the author or editor of over eighty books.
Known for:
- The Jew's body (1991)
- Seeing the insane (1982)
- Fat: A Cultural History of Obesity (2008)
- Difference and pathology (1985)
- Jewish Self-Hatred (1986)