MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
18th January
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Born:
- 1853: Fabian Franklin Ⓟ
- 1856: Luigi Bianchi Ⓟ
- 1880: Paul Ehrenfest Ⓟ
- 1901: Ivan Georgievich Petrovsky Ⓟ
- 1908: Jacob Bronowski Ⓟ
- 1927: Gyula Maurer Ⓟ
Died:
- 1873: Charles Dupin Ⓟ
- 1963: Edward Titchmarsh Ⓟ
- 1981: Rufus Isaacs Ⓟ
- 2011: John Herivel Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Jacob Bronowski
... I find both a special pleasure and constraint in describing the progress of mathematics, because it has been part of so much speculation: a ladder for mystical as well as rational thought in the intellectual ascent of man.
