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Mathematicians Of The Day
31st July
On this day in 1669, Isaac Barrow sent John Collins a manuscript of Isaac Newton's De analysi and thereby Newton's anonymity began to dissolve.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2008.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2008.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1704: Gabriel Cramer Ⓟ
- 1712: Samuel König Ⓟ
- 1777: William Spence Ⓟ
- 1810: Oliver Byrne Ⓟ
- 1826: Ernst Meissel Ⓟ
- 1863: George Miller Ⓟ
- 1907: D D Kosambi Ⓟ
- 1923: Joseph Keller Ⓟ
- 1923: Beauregard Stubblefield Ⓟ
- 1927: Felix Browder Ⓟ
- 1945: John O'Connor Ⓟ
Died:
- 1726: Nicolaus (II) Bernoulli Ⓟ
- 1896: Christian Wiener Ⓟ
- 1980: Pascual Jordan Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Gabriel Cramer
The mathematicians estimate money in proportion to its quantity, and men of good sense in proportion to the usage that they may make of it.
