Mathematicians Of The Day
25th February
On this day in 1598, John Dee demonstrated the solar eclipse by viewing an image through a pinhole. Aubrey says he showed it to the Polish ambassador. Dee's Diary only contains:-
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2000.
... the eclipse. A cloudy day, but great darkness about minutes.See THIS LINK.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2000.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1670: Maria Winckelmann Ⓟ
- 1709: Giordano Riccati Ⓟ
- 1827: Henry Watson Ⓟ
- 1902: Kenjiro Shoda Ⓟ
- 1910: George G Lorentz Ⓟ
- 1911: Carlos Graef Ⓟ
- 1915: James McConnell Ⓟ
- 1922: Ernst Straus Ⓟ
- 1926: Gündüz Ikeda Ⓟ
- 1938: Robion Kirby Ⓟ
Died:
- 1723: Christopher Wren Ⓟ
- 1950: Nikolai Luzin Ⓟ
- 1956: Jacob Levitzki Ⓟ
- 1960: John Dougall Ⓟ
- 1962: William Brash Ⓟ
- 1972: Hugo Steinhaus Ⓟ
- 1988: Kurt Mahler Ⓟ
- 1997: Louis Auslander Ⓟ
- 2022: Richard Varga Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Hugo Steinhaus
Love makes discoveries -- lust, inventions.