Quote of the day
Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.
Steven Shapin
Born: 1943 (age 82)
Bio: Steven Shapin is a historian and sociologist of science. He is the Franklin L. Ford Research Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University.
Known for:
- Leviathan and the Air-Pump (1985)
- The Scientific Revolution (1996)
- A social history of truth (1994)
- The scientific life (2008)