Mathematicians Of The Day

26th June



On this day in 1927, Jerzy Neyman obtained his habilitation at Warsaw University and began lecturing as a docent. The following year he set up a Biometric Laboratory.

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Quotation of the day

From William Thomson
I am never content until I have constructed a mechanical model of what I am studying. If I succeed in making one, I understand; otherwise I do not.
Molecular Dynamics and the Wave Theory of Light