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Mathematicians Of The Day
4th February
On this day in 1884, the minutes of the Committee on the Course and Statutes of Columbia College record that Winifred Edgerton Merrill was to be allowed to use their telescope:
... access to the Observatory and the use of its instruments ... with the understanding that she will render, from time to time, such assistance in the practical work of the Observatory as may be in her power.Later Merrill told her son:-
... that a condition of her admission was to dust the astronomical instruments and so comport herself as not to disturb the men students.The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1993.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1863: John McCowan Ⓟ
- 1875: Ludwig Prandtl Ⓟ
- 1903: Alexander Oppenheim Ⓟ
- 1903: Oliver Sutton Ⓟ
- 1925: Chris Zeeman Ⓟ
- 1926: Jaroslav Hájek Ⓟ
Died:
- 1615: Giambattista della Porta Ⓟ
- 1774: Charles-Marie de La Condamine Ⓟ
- 1893: Giuseppe Bruno
- 1895: Thomas Kirkman Ⓟ
- 1928: Hendrik Lorentz Ⓟ
- 1974: Satyendranath Bose Ⓟ
- 2004: Valentina Mikhailovna Borok Ⓟ
- 2010: Daniel Rudolph Ⓟ
- 2018: Alan Baker Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Giuseppe Bruno
Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.