MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
17th July
On this day in 1935, the first entry was made in The Scottish Book. See THIS LINK.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1831: Amédée Mannheim Ⓟ
- 1837: Wilhelm Lexis Ⓟ
- 1863: Herbert Richmond Ⓟ
- 1868: Peter Comrie Ⓟ
- 1894: Georges Lemaître Ⓟ
- 1894: Warren Weaver Ⓟ
- 1909: Geoffrey Walker Ⓟ
- 1913: Giuseppe Pompilj Ⓟ
- 1944: Krystyna Kuperberg Ⓟ
- 1975: Terence Tao Ⓟ
Died:
- 1790: Johann (II) Bernoulli Ⓟ
- 1899: Charles Graves Ⓟ
- 1912: Henri Poincaré Ⓟ
- 1917: Giuseppe Veronese Ⓟ
- 1949: Roland Richardson Ⓟ
- 1980: Boris Nikolaevich Delone Ⓟ
- 1993: Adolph Pavlovich Yushkevich Ⓟ
- 1998: James Lighthill Ⓟ
- 2007: François Bruhat Ⓟ
- 2011: Norrie Everitt Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Henri Poincaré
What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in a demonstration? It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a word it is all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details.
