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Mathematicians Of The Day
4th January
On this day in 1845, Giusto Bellavitis was appointed full professor of descriptive geometry at the University of Padua following a competitive examination. He held no degrees until the university awarded him an honorary doctorate in philosophy and mathematics the following year.
On this day in 2010 Google released a Newton doodle.
On this day in 2010 Google released a Newton doodle.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1643: Isaac Newton Ⓟ
- 1818: Ole Jacob Broch Ⓟ
- 1848: Heinrich Suter Ⓟ
- 1890: Raymond Brink Ⓟ
- 1908: Schieffelin Claytor Ⓟ
- 1913: Sixto Ríos Ⓟ
Died:
- 1752: Gabriel Cramer Ⓟ
- 1826: Nikolai Fuss Ⓟ
- 1894: William Oughter Lonie Ⓟ
- 1906: Charles Joly Ⓟ
- 1950: Virgil Snyder Ⓟ
- 1958: Archie Alexander Ⓟ
- 1961: Erwin Schrödinger Ⓟ
- 1975: Levan Gokieli Ⓟ
- 2005: Frank Harary Ⓟ
- 2013: James Ezeilo Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Isaac Newton
Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
