Quote of the day
Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
Vera Rubin

Born: July 23, 1928
Died: December 25, 2016 (aged 88)
Bio: Vera Rubin was an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. She uncovered the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves.