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Mathematicians Of The Day
18th August
On this day in 1913, at the Monte Carlo casino, black came up 26 times in a row. Supposedly the house made a fortune against people betting that the long overdue red had to show up.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1685: Brook Taylor Ⓟ
- 1832: Eugène Rouché Ⓟ
- 1861: William J Greenstreet Ⓟ
- 1910: Paul Turán Ⓟ
- 1936: László Kovács Ⓟ
- 1941: Domokos Szász Ⓟ
Died:
- 1652: Florimond de Beaune
- 1943: Friedrich Hartogs Ⓟ
- 1960: Carlo Bonferroni Ⓟ
- 1961: Beppo Levi Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Brook Taylor
The true and best way of learning any Art, is not to see a great many Examples done by another Person, but to possess ones seIf first of the Principles of it, and then to make them familiar, by exercising ones self in the Practice. For it is Practice alone, that makes a Man perfect in any thing.
