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Mathematicians Of The Day
22nd February
On this day in 1805, François Arago was picked to head the completion of the measurement of the Paris Meridian. He was a 19-year old student at the École Polytechnique and was nominated by Siméon-Denis Poisson to finish the work begun by Mechain and Delambre.
On this day in 2012 Google released a Hertz doodle.
On this day in 2012 Google released a Hertz doodle.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1796: Adolphe Quetelet Ⓟ
- 1817: Carl Borchardt Ⓟ
- 1849: Nikolay Sonin Ⓟ
- 1856: Micaiah Hill Ⓟ
- 1857: Heinrich Hertz Ⓟ
- 1862: Ruth Gentry
- 1903: Frank Ramsey Ⓟ
- 1933: Harvey Greenspan Ⓟ
Died:
- 1940: Beulah Russell Ⓟ
- 1975: Oskar Perron Ⓟ
- 1979: William Arthur Ⓟ
- 1984: Max Newman Ⓟ
- 1985: Ernests Fogels Ⓟ
- 1989: Gladys Mackenzie Ⓟ
- 2011: Frank Bonsall Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Frank Ramsey
We are in the ordinary position of scientists of having to be content with piecemeal improvements: we can make several things clearer, but we cannot make anything clear.
