Mathematicians Of The Day

11th April



On this day in 1936, Konrad Zuse filed a patent for the automatic execution of calculations, a process he invented while working on what would become the Z-1, Germany's first computer. It was a mechanical rather than an electronic machine.

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Quotation of the day

From John Conway
You don't educate people by telling them useful things; you educate people by telling them interesting things