MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
13th January
Born:
- 1845: Félix Tisserand *
- 1864: Wilhelm Wien *
- 1868: Donald McIntosh *
- 1873: Patrick Hardie
- 1876: Luther Eisenhart *
- 1876: Erhard Schmidt *
- 1900: Gertrude Cox *
- 1902: Karl Menger *
- 1931: Elias Stein *
Died:
- 2005: Evgeny Sergeevich Lyapin *
Quotation of the day
From Karl Menger
Nicht etwa, daßbei größerer Verbreitung des Einblickes in die Methode der Mathematik notwendigerweise viel mehr Kluges gesagt würde als heute, aber es würde sicher viel weniger Unkluges gesagt.
Not that, if one were to spread the insight into the methods of mathematics more widely, this would necessarily result in many more intelligent things being said than today, but certainly many fewer unintelligent things would be said.
