I wanted to post an obituary from today's New York Times, about someone I'd never heard of who did something that could change the course of history for the better.
Check it out!
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/science/14skovmand.html?ex=1329109200&en=a79e0383d56eddc1&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink