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Mathematicians Of The Day
1st March
On this day in 1950, Klaus Fuchs was tried at the Old Bailey for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Russians. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison, but was released in 1959.
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Born:
- 1597: Jan-Karel della Faille Ⓟ
- 1611: John Pell Ⓟ
- 1864: George Bryan Ⓟ
- 1879: Robert Carmichael Ⓟ
- 1904: Paul Dubreil Ⓟ
- 1912: Kentaro Yano Ⓟ
- 1915: Gustave Choquet Ⓟ
- 1950: Milojica Jacimovic Ⓟ
Died:
- 1862: Peter Barlow Ⓟ
- 1884: Isaac Todhunter Ⓟ
- 1908: Heinrich Maschke Ⓟ
- 1913: Robert Philip
- 1913: Mario Pieri Ⓟ
- 1978: Kiyoshi Oka Ⓟ
- 2015: Georg Kreisel Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Isaac Todhunter
[Maxwell asked whether he would like to see an experimental demonstration of conical refraction]
No. I have been teaching it all my life, and I do not want to have my ideas upset.
