MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
24th May
Born:
- 1794: William Whewell (poster)
- 1820: William Chauvenet (poster)
- 1859: Giulio Vivanti
- 1888: Giovanni Sansone
- 1903: Władysław Orlicz (poster)
- 1909: Karl Heinrich Weise (poster)
- 1914: Federico Cafiero (poster)
Died:
- 1543: Nicolaus Copernicus (poster)
- 1843: Sylvestre Lacroix (poster)
- 1896: Luigi Menabrea (poster)
- 1912: Heinrich Friedrich Weber (poster)
- 1976: John Evelyn (poster)
Quotation of the day
From William Whewell
Nobody since Newton has been able to use geometrical methods to the same extent for the like purposes; and as we read the Principia we feel as when we are in an ancient armoury where the weapons are of gigantic size; and as we look at them we marvel what manner of man he was who could use as a weapon what we can scarcely lift as a burden.
