MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
27th March
Born:
- 1857: Karl Pearson (poster)
- 1895: Ole Peder Arvesen
- 1897: Douglas Hartree (poster)
- 1905: László Kalmár (poster)
- 1927: Horst Sachs
Died:
- 1888: Francesco Faà di Bruno (poster)
- 1925: Carl Neumann (poster)
- 1929: Samuil Osipovich Shatunovsky (poster)
- 1972: Maurits Escher (poster)
- 2010: Sheila Power Tinney
Quotation of the day
From Maurits Escher
There is something breathtaking about the basic laws of crystals. They are in no sense a discovery of the human mind; they just "are" they exist quite independently of us. The most that man can do is become aware, in a moment of clarity, that they are there, and take cognizance of them.
