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Mathematicians Of The Day
8th January
On this day in 1816 Sophie Germain became the first woman to win a prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences.
On this day in 2022 Google released a Hawking doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1974.
On this day in 2022 Google released a Hawking doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1974.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1819: Francis Bashforth Ⓟ
- 1829: Heinrich Schröter Ⓟ
- 1852: Giovanni Frattini Ⓟ
- 1878: Duilio Gigli
- 1888: Richard Courant Ⓟ
- 1917: George Forsythe Ⓟ
- 1917: Leonard Gillman Ⓟ
- 1924: Paul Cohn Ⓟ
- 1924: Julián Adem Ⓟ
- 1936: Robert May Ⓟ
- 1942: Stephen Hawking Ⓟ
Died:
- 1642: Galileo Galilei Ⓟ
- 1968: Charles Loewner Ⓟ
- 1980: John Mauchly Ⓟ
- 1985: Demetrios Kappos Ⓟ
- 2002: Maurice Bartlett Ⓟ
- 2012: Gyula Maurer Ⓟ
- 2015: John Shepherdson Ⓟ
- 2023: Yuri Ivanovich Manin Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Galileo Galilei
Infinities and indivisibles transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness; Imagine what they are when combined.
