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Mathematicians Of The Day
18th February
On this day in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. Tombaugh wrote:-
On this day in 2013 Google released an Nasir al-Tusi doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2000.
... I suddenly came upon the images of Pluto! The experience was an intense thrill, because the nature of the object was apparent at first sight.See THIS LINK.
On this day in 2013 Google released an Nasir al-Tusi doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2000.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1201: Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Ⓟ
- 1404: Leone Battista Alberti Ⓟ
- 1844: Jacob Lüroth Ⓟ
- 1871: George Udny Yule Ⓟ
- 1919: Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III Ⓟ
- 1933: Joshua Leslie Ⓟ
- 1936: Pavel Tichy Ⓟ
Died:
- 901: Thabit Ⓟ
- 1851: Carl Jacobi Ⓟ
- 1899: Sophus Lie Ⓟ
- 1900: Eugenio Beltrami Ⓟ
- 1995: Walter Samuel McAfee Ⓟ
- 2011: Martin Harvey
Quotation of the day
From Carl Jacobi
Mathematics is the science of what is clear by itself.
