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Mathematicians Of The Day
12th August
Pierre Gassendi produced an anonymous pamphlet attempting to reassure the people of Paris that a predicted eclipse of the sun on this day in 1654 would not lead to a disaster. He was not entirely successful as many of the inhabitants of Paris hid in their cellars on this day.
On this day in 2013 Google released a Schrödinger doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1987.
On this day in 2013 Google released a Schrödinger doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1987.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1769: Martin Bartels Ⓟ
- 1862: Jules Richard Ⓟ
- 1887: Erwin Schrödinger Ⓟ
- 1930: Jacques Tits Ⓟ
- 1933: Ray Vanstone Ⓟ
Died:
- 1901: Ernest de Jonquières Ⓟ
- 1928: Charles Chree Ⓟ
- 1935: Friedrich Schottky Ⓟ
- 1945: Georg Scheffers Ⓟ
- 1986: Omar Catunda Ⓟ
- 1989: František Wolf Ⓟ
- 1996: Victor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Erwin Schrödinger
[On quantum mechanics ]
I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it.
