Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Victor Francis Hess
Born: June 24, 1883
Died: December 17, 1964 (aged 81)
Bio: Victor Franz Hess was an Austrian-American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics, who discovered cosmic rays.