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Mathematicians Of The Day
25th July
On this day in 1610, Galileo first observed the rings of Saturn through a telescope without realising what they were.
On this day in 2022 Google released a Banach doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1957.
On this day in 2022 Google released a Banach doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1957.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1573: Christoph Scheiner Ⓟ
- 1808: Johann Benedict Listing Ⓟ
- 1854: Alfred Barnard Basset Ⓟ
- 1896: Daniel O'Connell Ⓟ
- 1901: Richard Gwilt
- 1905: Thomas Graham Ⓟ
- 1925: Richard Kadison Ⓟ
Died:
- 1831: Fearon Fallows Ⓟ
- 1832: František Josef Gerstner Ⓟ
- 1953: Alice Bache Gould Ⓟ
- 1980: Euphemia Lofton Haynes Ⓟ
- 1992: Ralph Boas Ⓟ
- 2016: Patrick Keast Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Ralph Boas
Only professional mathematicians learn anything from professors. Other people learn from explanations.
