Swiss mathematician and physicist (1905-1984).
Born February 1st, 1905 in Basel.
Died September 4th, 1984 at 79 years old in Geneva.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel