Quote of the day
The [Nobel ]prize is such an extraordinary honor. It might seem unfair, however, to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses.
Simeon Strunsky

Born: July 23, 1879
Died: February 5, 1948 (aged 68)
Bio: Simeon Strunsky was a Russian-born Jewish American essayist and editorialist. He is best remembered as a prominent editorialist for the New York Times for more than two decades.
Known for:
- Sinbad And His Friends (1921)
- No Mean City (1944)
- Post-impressions: An Irresponsible Chronicle (1914)






