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Mathematicians born on this day:
1780 : Mary Somerville |
Mathematicians who died on this day:
1624 : Simon Mayr |
| Mary Somerville | Charles Babbage | Helmut Hasse |
Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871)
The whole of the developments and operations of analysis are now capable of being executed by machinery. ... As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will necessarily guide the future course of science.
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher (London 1864)
Another quotation by one of today's mathematicians
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School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews, Scotland |
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