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Mathematicians Of The Day
2nd May
On this day in 1736, an expedition set out from Dunkirk to travel to Lapland to measure the length of a degree along the meridian. It was headed by Maupertuis and included the scientists Clairaut and Camus.
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The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1938.
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The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1938.
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Born:
- 1588: Étienne Pascal
- 1860: D'Arcy Thompson Ⓟ
- 1866: William McFadden Orr Ⓟ
- 1884: John Raymond Wilton Ⓟ
- 1885: Mauro Picone Ⓟ
- 1901: Édouard Zeckendorf Ⓟ
- 1902: Kazimierz Zarankiewicz Ⓟ
- 1903: Gladys Mackenzie Ⓟ
- 1921: Walter Rudin Ⓟ
- 1928: Jacques-Louis Lions Ⓟ
- 1940: Luc Illusie Ⓟ
Died:
- 1519: Leonardo da Vinci Ⓟ
- 1833: William Morgan Ⓟ
- 1967: Robert Carmichael Ⓟ
- 1982: Salomon Bochner Ⓟ
- 2002: William Tutte Ⓟ
- 2004: John Hammersley Ⓟ
- 2010: Donald Greenspan Ⓟ
- 2010: Clive William Kilmister Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From D'Arcy Thompson
We call a thing big or little with reference to what it is wont to be, as we speak of a small elephant or a big rat.
