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.

The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1957.

Click on for a poster.


Quotation of the day

From Isaac Newton
If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants.
Letter to Robert Hooke