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Mathematicians Of The Day
15th August
On this day in 1956, the Australian Mathematical Society was founded.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1982.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1982.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1795: Émile Léger
- 1863: Aleksei Krylov Ⓟ
- 1882: Jean Chazy Ⓟ
- 1886: Balfour Lockhart Ⓟ
- 1892: Louis de Broglie Ⓟ
- 1897: Sylvia Skan
- 1901: Petr Sergeevich Novikov Ⓟ
- 1905: Hermann Brück Ⓟ
- 1912: Carlo Miranda Ⓟ
- 1932: Marian Țarină Ⓟ
Died:
- 1758: Pierre Bouguer Ⓟ
- 1789: Jacob (II) Bernoulli Ⓟ
- 1798: Edward Waring Ⓟ
- 1922: Pierre Boutroux Ⓟ
- 1953: Ludwig Prandtl Ⓟ
- 1978: Viggo Brun Ⓟ
- 2002: Heinz Bauer Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Louis de Broglie
The history of science shows that the progress of science has constantly been hampered by the tyrannical influence of certain conceptions that finally came to be considered as dogma.
For this reason, it is proper to submit periodically to a very searching examination, principles that we have come to assume without any more discussion.
