Mathematicians Of The Day

28th December



On this day in 1612, Galileo observed Neptune, but did not recognize it as a planet. The "discovery" of Neptune happened more than 200 years later.
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Quotation of the day

From Arthur Eddington
Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.
The Nature of the Physical World (1928)