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Mathematicians Of The Day
5th April
On this day in 1955, Bertrand Russell sent a letter to Albert Einstein with a rough draft of what would soon be known as the Russell-Einstein Manifesto - a written warning to the world's population on the dangers of nuclear weapons, and a plea for all leaders to avoid war when faced with conflict - and asked him to be both a signatory and supporter.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1944.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1944.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1588: Thomas Hobbes Ⓟ
- 1622: Vincenzo Viviani Ⓟ
- 1869: Sergei Alekseevich Chaplygin Ⓟ
- 1877: Georg Faber Ⓟ
- 1911: Warwick Sawyer Ⓟ
- 1918: Wanda Szmielew Ⓟ
Died:
- 1678: Claude Hardy
- 1684: William Brouncker Ⓟ
- 1827: John Hellins Ⓟ
- 1861: Ferdinand Joachimsthal Ⓟ
- 1933: Hjalmar Mellin Ⓟ
- 1951: Lawrence Crawford
- 1955: Tibor Szele Ⓟ
- 2009: Irving John Good Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Thomas Hobbes
Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever, if but a man.
