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Mathematicians Of The Day
24th May
On this day in 997, Al-Biruni in Kath and Abu'l-Wafa in Baghdad simultaneously watched a lunar eclipse. The time obtained by this prearranged cooperation allowed them to determine the difference in longitude between the cities.
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Born:
- 1794: William Whewell Ⓟ
- 1820: William Chauvenet Ⓟ
- 1859: Giulio Vivanti Ⓟ
- 1888: Giovanni Sansone Ⓟ
- 1903: Władysław Orlicz Ⓟ
- 1909: Karl Heinrich Weise Ⓟ
- 1914: Federico Cafiero Ⓟ
- 1932: Gilberto Loibel Ⓟ
Died:
- 1543: Nicolaus Copernicus Ⓟ
- 1843: Sylvestre Lacroix Ⓟ
- 1896: Luigi Menabrea Ⓟ
- 1912: Heinrich Friedrich Weber Ⓟ
- 1976: John Evelyn Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Nicolaus Copernicus
Mathemata mathematicis scribuntur
Mathematics is written for mathematicians
