MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
2nd August
On this day in 1784, Lazare Carnot received two gold medals and a prize from the Paris Academy of Science for his Éloge de Vauban, the presentation being by the Prince of Condé.
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Born:
- 1856: Ferdinand Rudio Ⓟ
- 1887: Oskar Anderson Ⓟ
- 1890: Herbert Dingle Ⓟ
- 1902: Mina Rees Ⓟ
- 1942: Patrick Keast Ⓟ
Died:
- 1823: Lazare Carnot Ⓟ
- 1962: John Smith
- 1970: Salvatore Cherubino
- 1976: László Kalmár Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Ferdinand Rudio
The whole form of mathematical thinking was created by Euler. It is only with the greatest of difficulty that one is able to follow the writings of any author preceding Euler, because it was not yet known how to let the formulas speak for themselves. This art Euler was the first to teach.
