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Mathematicians Of The Day
22nd May
On this day in 1592, Giordano Bruno was arrested by the Venetian Inquisition for publicising "heretical" beliefs on the nature of the universe. After a trial lasting seven years he was burned alive in Rome.
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Born:
- 1848: Hermann Schubert Ⓟ
- 1865: Alfred Dixon Ⓟ
- 1881: William Milne Ⓟ
- 1893: Bronisław Knaster Ⓟ
- 1903: Bertha Swirles Jeffreys Ⓟ
- 1903: Yves Rocard Ⓟ
- 1916: Albrecht Fröhlich Ⓟ
- 1927: Abdulalim Shabazz Ⓟ
- 1931: Czesław Olech Ⓟ
- 1933: Chen Jingrun Ⓟ
Died:
- 1815: William Spence Ⓟ
- 1868: Julius Plücker Ⓟ
- 1935: Sotero Prieto Ⓟ
- 1967: Josip Plemelj Ⓟ
- 1974: Irmgard Flügge-Lotz Ⓟ
- 1991: Derrick Henry Lehmer Ⓟ
- 2009: Walter Ledermann Ⓟ
- 2010: Martin Gardner Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Martin Gardner
Mathematics is not only real, but it is the only reality. That is that entire universe is made of matter, obviously. And matter is made of particles. It's made of electrons and neutrons and protons. So the entire universe is made out of particles. Now what are the particles made out of? They're not made out of anything. The only thing you can say about the reality of an electron is to cite its mathematical properties. So there's a sense in which matter has completely dissolved and what is left is just a mathematical structure.
