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
- 1921: Walter Rudin
- 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
Quotation of the day
From D'Arcy Thompson
Cell and tissue, shell and bone, leaf and flower, are so many portions of matter, and it is in obedience to the laws of physics that their particles have been moved, moulded and conformed. They are no exceptions to the rule that God always geometrizes. Their problems of form are in the first instance mathematical problems, their problems of growth are essentially physical problems, and the morphologist is, ipso facto, a student of physical science.
