MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
2nd May
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 *
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 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.
