Ocupation: Novelist
Life: May 1, 1923 - December 12, 1999
Birthday: May 1
Death: December 12
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind. Surely, Watt with his steam engine, Faraday with his electric motor, and Edison with his incandescent light bulb did not have it as their goal to contribute to a fuel shortage some day that would place their countries at the mercy of Arab oil.
source: Joseph Heller (1997). “Good as Gold”, p.72, Simon and Schuster
topic: Country, Light, Wind, Electric Motors, Bulbs, Light Bulb