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Mathematicians Of The Day
17th May
On this day in 1861, James Clerk Maxwell exhibited a three-colour photograph of a tartan ribbon before the Royal Institution in London.
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The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1981.
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The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1981.
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Born:
- 1881: Jur Hronec Ⓟ
- 1928: Eric Milner Ⓟ
- 1942: Steve Rallis Ⓟ
Died:
- 1729: Samuel Clarke Ⓟ
- 1765: Alexis Clairaut Ⓟ
- 1913: Heinrich Weber Ⓟ
- 1916: Mary Everest Boole Ⓟ
- 2001: Jacques-Louis Lions Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Alexis Clairaut
It appears even Sir Isaac Newton was of the opinion, that it was necessary the Earth should be more dense toward the centre, in order to be so much the flatter at the poles: and that it followed from this greater flatness, that gravity increased so much the more from the equator towards the Pole.
