MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
14th April
Born:
- 1629: Christiaan Huygens *
- 1868: Annie Scott Dill Maunder *
- 1917: Nathan Mendelsohn *
- 1920: Donald Pack *
- 1935: Victor Olunloyo *
- 1937: Charles Sims *
Died:
- 1833: Charles Whish
- 1935: Emmy Noether *
- 1948: Clara Bacon *
- 1957: Walter Brown
- 1964: Tatiana Alexeyevna Afanassjewa *
- 1983: Errett Bishop *
- 2005: Saunders Mac Lane *
- 2015: Gordon Preston *
Quotation of the day
From Saunders Mac Lane
. . . in one sense a foundation is a security blanket: If you meticulously follow the rules laid down, no paradoxes or contradictions will arise. In reality there is now no guarantee of this sort of security . . .
