MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
2nd August
Born:
- 1856: Ferdinand Rudio (poster)
- 1887: Oskar Anderson (poster)
- 1890: Herbert Dingle
- 1902: Mina Rees (poster)
- 1942: Patrick Keast
Died:
- 1823: Lazare Carnot (poster)
- 1962: John Smith
- 1970: Salvatore Cherubino
- 1976: László Kalmár (poster)
Quotation of the day
From Lazare Carnot
When a body acts upon another one, it is always immediately or through some intermediate body; this intermediate body is in general what one calls a machine.
