Mathematicians Of The Day

13th October



On this day in 1884, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) was born when an international conference in Washington, DC, decided
to adopt the meridian passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude.

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Quotation of the day

From Nicolas Malebranche
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.