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Mathematicians Of The Day
18th May
On this day in 1787, Joseph-Louis Lagrange left Berlin to become a member of the Académie des Sciences in Paris, where he remained for the rest of his career. He had worked in Berlin for more than 20 years.
On this day in 2012 Google released a Khayyam doodle and in 2019 they released another.
On this day in 2012 Google released a Khayyam doodle and in 2019 they released another.
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Born:
- 1048: Omar Khayyam Ⓟ
- 1711: Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich Ⓟ
- 1850: Oliver Heaviside Ⓟ
- 1853: Albert Badoureau Ⓟ
- 1872: Bertrand Russell Ⓟ
- 1914: Stefan Schwarz Ⓟ
- 1937: Horace Mochizuki
- 1946: Celia Hoyles Ⓟ
Died:
- 1924: Corrado Segre Ⓟ
- 1954: Selig Brodetsky Ⓟ
- 1965: Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis Ⓟ
- 1971: Aleksandr G Kurosh Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Bertrand Russell
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway about the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.
