MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
17th June
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Born:
- 1714: César-François Cassini de Thury Ⓟ
- 1898: Maurits Escher Ⓟ
- 1903: William Hodge Ⓟ
- 1906: Tom Cowling Ⓟ
- 1906: Samuel Wilks Ⓟ
- 1928: Iain Adamson Ⓟ
- 1939: Carlo Cercignani Ⓟ
Died:
- 1918: Johann Heinrich Graf Ⓟ
- 1956: David Picken Ⓟ
- 1994: Frank Yates Ⓟ
- 2012: Nathan Divinsky
Quotation of the day
From Maurits Escher
The laws of mathematics are not merely human inventions or creations. They simply 'are'; they exist quite independently of the human intellect. The most that any(one) ... can do is to find that they are there and to take cognizance of them.
