Quote of the day
The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.
Vladimir Vernadsky
Born: March 12, 1863
Died: January 6, 1945 (aged 81)
Bio: Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky was a Russian, Ukrainian, and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist who is considered one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and radiogeology, and was a founder of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.