MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
20th January
Born:
- 1573: Simon Mayr (poster)
- 1775: André-Marie Ampère (poster)
- 1831: Edward Routh (poster)
- 1895: Gábor Szegő (poster)
- 1904: Renato Caccioppoli (poster)
- 1920: Edwin Hewitt (poster)
- 1937: John Knopfmacher
Died:
- 1590: Giovanni Benedetti
- 1760: John Colson (poster)
- 1864: Giovanni Plana (poster)
- 1872: Henry Moseley (poster)
- 1907: Agnes Mary Clerke (poster)
- 1955: Alexander Durie Russell (poster)
- 1971: Jan A Schouten (poster)
- 2001: Crispin Nash-Williams (poster)
Quotation of the day
From André-Marie Ampère
The future science of government should be called "la cybernétique" (1843)
