MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
2nd May
Born:
- 1588: Étienne Pascal
- 1860: D'Arcy Thompson (poster)
- 1866: William McFadden Orr (poster)
- 1884: John Raymond Wilton
- 1885: Mauro Picone (poster)
- 1901: Édouard Zeckendorf (poster)
- 1902: Kazimierz Zarankiewicz (poster)
- 1903: Gladys Mackenzie (poster)
- 1921: Walter Rudin (poster)
- 1928: Jacques-Louis Lions (poster)
Died:
- 1519: Leonardo da Vinci (poster)
- 1833: William Morgan (poster)
- 1967: Robert Carmichael (poster)
- 1982: Salomon Bochner (poster)
- 2002: William Tutte (poster)
- 2004: John Hammersley (poster)
- 2010: Donald Greenspan (poster)
- 2010: Clive William Kilmister (poster)
Quotation of the day
From Leonardo da Vinci
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
