Quote of the day
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
William John Macquorn Rankine
Born: July 5, 1820
Died: December 24, 1872 (aged 52)
Bio: William John Macquorn Rankine was in the first place a Scottish mechanical engineer and on second place civil engineer, physicist and mathematician.
Known for:
- A manual of applied mechanics (1858)
- Miscellaneous Scientific Papers
- Songs and Fables