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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.
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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
I have heard Mr Hobbes say that he was wont to draw lines on his thigh and on his sheets, abed and also multiply and divide.
