MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
2nd January
Born:
- 1811: Li Shanlan (poster)
- 1822: Rudolf Clausius (poster)
- 1843: James Stuart (poster)
- 1896: Leopold Pars (poster)
- 1905: Lev Shnirelman (poster)
- 1931: James Murray
- 1938: Anatoly Mykhailovych Samoilenko (poster)
- 1940: Srinivasa Varadhan (poster)
Died:
- 1889: Stephen Parkinson
- 1892: George Airy (poster)
- 1930: Charles Shirra Dougall (poster)
- 1952: Panagiotis Zervos
- 1992: Brian Kuttner (poster)
- 1992: Tibor Gallai
Quotation of the day
From George Airy
On Sept 15th [1852] Mr Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer, asked my opinion on the utility of Mr Babbage's calculating machine, and the propriety of spending further sums of money on it. I replied, entering fully into the matter, and giving my opinion that it was worthless.
