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Mathematicians Of The Day
18th February
02-18, On this day in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. Tombaugh wrote:-
... 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.
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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
It is true that Fourier had the opinion that the principal aim of mathematics was public utility and explanation of natural phenomena; but a philosopher like him should have known that the sole end of science is the honor of the human mind, and that under this title a question about numbers is worth as much as a question about the system of the world.
