Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
William A. Tilden
Born: August 15, 1842
Died: December 11, 1926 (aged 84)
Bio: Sir William Augustus Tilden was a British chemist. He discovered that isoprene could be made from turpentine. He was unable to turn this discovery into a way to make commercially viable synthetic rubber.
Known for:
- Famous chemists (1921)
- Match Play and the Spin of the Ball (1925)