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