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.
Thomas Brackett Reed
Born: October 18, 1839
Died: December 7, 1902 (aged 63)
Bio: Thomas Brackett Reed, occasionally ridiculed as Czar Reed, was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889 1891 and also from 1895 1899.
Known for:
- Thermal Data for Natural and Synthetic Fuels
- Biomass to Methanol: A Specialists' Workshop







