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Mathematicians Of The Day
1st February
On this day in 1673 Gottfried von Leibniz, during his first visit to London, exhibited his calculating machine to the Royal Society.
See THIS LINK.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2002.
See THIS LINK.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2002.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1840: Allen Whitworth Ⓟ
- 1888: Hermann Kober Ⓟ
- 1900: J C Burkill Ⓟ
- 1902: Jovan Karamata Ⓟ
- 1905: Ernst Stueckelberg Ⓟ
- 1913: Ernest Corominas Ⓟ
- 1916: George Mackey Ⓟ
- 1926: Chaim Samuel Hönig Ⓟ
Died:
- 1869: Theodore Strong Ⓟ
- 1903: George Stokes Ⓟ
- 1942: Arnold Scholz Ⓟ
- 1970: Alfréd Rényi Ⓟ
- 1976: Werner Heisenberg Ⓟ
- 1986: Ida Rhodes Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Alfréd Rényi
If I feel unhappy, I do mathematics to become happy. If I am happy, I do mathematics to keep happy.
