”The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn. The less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything…”

— Robert G. Ingersoll

BIRTHDAYS:

1777 Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist, who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science, and has been called “the prince of mathematics” and “the greatest mathematician who ever lived”.

1792 Johann Friedrich Schwencke, German organist and composer, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire. Largo and Maestoso in C

1870 Franz Lehár, Austro-Hungarian composer. “Gold und Silber” Walzer

1921 Roger L. Easton, American scientist and inventor (GPS)

1938 Larry Niven, American sci-fi author (5 Hugo, Neutron Star)

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION COLONISTS. Terraforming Mars: A Quick Q&A with … Edwin Kite and Robin Wordsworth on designing a new home beyond Earth

THE COVID 19 INJECTIONS AND LOCKDOWNS BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2020. THE TRAGEDY THAT ENSUED WAS ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE. TO ANYONE CONSIDERING DOING THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE – HERE IS YOUR HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENT:

Nuremberg Code (1947)

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza (2006)

Great Barrington declaration (2020)