Mathematicians Of The Day

14th August



On this day in 1003, Al-Biruni observed and recorded an eclipse of the moon at Gurgan (now in Azerbaijan).

The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2002.

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Quotation of the day

From Florian Cajori
The miraculous powers of modern calculation are due to three inventions: the Arabic Notation, Decimal Fractions and Logarithms.
History of Mathematics (p 161)