Quote of the day
Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
Selman Waksman
Born: July 22, 1888
Died: August 16, 1973 (aged 85)
Bio: Selman Abraham Waksman was a Ukrainian-born, Jewish-American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist whose research into organic substances largely into organisms that live in soil and their decomposition promoted the discovery of Streptomycin, and several other antibiotics.