THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Knowledge isn’t free. You have to pay attention.”

— Richard Feynman

BIRTHDAYS:

1810 Eugène Simonis, Belgian sculptor.

1811 William Robert Grove, Welsh physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell.

1834 James McNeill Whistler, American-British painter

1837 Paul Lacombe, French composer. Dialogue sentimental, and Aria, and Suite 2 Lento à Limoux, and 4 Nocturnes Op. 8 no.4

1899 E. B. White, American writer (Charlotte’s Web, The Elements of Style).

1927 Theodore Harold Maiman, American Inventor and engineer (created 1st working laser).

1928 Frank Rosenblatt, American psychologist and computer scientist who made significant contributions to the early development of artificial intelligence, particularly in the field of neural networks.

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION STARGAZERS. This Week’s Sky at a Glance, July 11 – 19

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 A HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENT:

Nuremberg Code (1947)

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

Great Barrington declaration (2020)