美國時間：每日珠璣 (By Hanching Chung)

Julio Cortázar, born Jules Florencio Cortázar, was an Argentine novelist, short story writer, and essayist.  Wikipedia Born :  August 26, 1914,  Ixelles, Belgium Died :  February 12, 1984,  Paris, France Julio Cortazar was born Jules Florencio Cortázar in Ixelles, Belgium on this day in 1914. "Nothing is lost if one has the courage to proclaim that all is lost and we must begin anew." --from HOPSCOTCH (1963) Guillaume Apollinaire《阿波利奈尔传》《阿波利奈爾論藝術》圖象詩/動物詩集: 貓/ 跳蚤等等 http://hcbooks.blogspot.tw/2017/08/guillaume-apollinaire.html Guillaume Apollinaire was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent.  Wikipedia Born :  August 26, 1880,  Rome, Italy Died :  November 9, 1918,  Paris, France Spouse :  Jacqueline Kolb  (m. 1918–1918) Movies :  Exploits of a Young Don Juan Quotes Now and then it's good to pause...

Michael Faraday FRS was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.  Wikipedia Born :  September 22, 1791,  Newington Butts, London, United Kingdom Died :  August 25, 1867,  Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, United Kingdom A day like today in 1867 died a self-taught scientist who inspired Maxwell and Einstein, Michael Faraday. His discoveries brought electricity to households and he was such an amazing lecturer that anyone could understand concepts like combustion or the composition of air, water and gases. Know his story:  http://trib.al/Rwr672m Faraday and the Electromagnetic Theory of Light - OpenMind Faraday invented the first electric motor, the first processor, the first electric generator and the first dynamo: the father of electrica...

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo KBE was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish-language literature.  Wikipedia Born :  August 24, 1899,  Buenos Aires, Argentina Died :  June 14, 1986,  Geneva, Switzerland Short stories :  The Aleph ,  The Library of Babel ,  MORE Awards :  Miguel de Cervantes Prize ,  MORE Quotes I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. Don't talk unless you can improve the silence. The original is unfaithful to the translation. Jorge Luis Borges  was born Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo in Buenos Aires, Argentina on this day in 1899. "The concept of plagiarism does not exist: it has been established that all works are the creation of one author, who is atemporal and anonymous." --from "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" (1940) included in FICCIONES ...