THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Profound thoughts arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas, but also dubious ideas.”

— Andrei Sakharov

BIRTHDAYS:

1471 Albrecht Dürer, German Renaissance painter and printmaker (also noted for mathematical and theoretical work in geometry/perspective).

1633 Joseph de La Barre, French composer. Un feu naissant, and Sarabande

1688 Alexander Pope, English poet, translator, and satirist of the early 18th century, widely regarded as a preeminent figure in the Augustan Age of English literature for his mastery of the heroic couplet and satirical verse.

1792 Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist and mathematician (known for the Coriolis effect).

1860 Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist and inventor (electrocardiogram; Nobel Prize in Medicine 1924).

1872 Henry E. Warren, American inventor (electric clock, Telechron).

1919 John Alexander Hopps, Canadian scientist and inventor (co-developer of the artificial pacemaker).

1921 Andrei Sakharov, Russian nuclear physicist and human rights activist (Nobel Peace Prize 1975).

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