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Mathematicians Of The Day
14th August
On this day in 1003, Al-Biruni observed and recorded an eclipse of the moon at Gurgan (now in Azerbaijan).
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Born:
- 1530: Giovanni Benedetti Ⓟ
- 1737: Charles Hutton Ⓟ
- 1850: Walter Rouse Ball Ⓟ
- 1865: Guido Castelnuovo Ⓟ
- 1866: Charles de la Vallée Poussin Ⓟ
- 1867: Charles Noble Ⓟ
- 1906: Eugene Lukacs Ⓟ
- 1914: Tadeusz Boleslaw Ślebarski Ⓟ
Died:
- 1886: Edmond Laguerre Ⓟ
- 1922: Sophie Willock Bryant Ⓟ
- 1930: Florian Cajori Ⓟ
- 1934: William McFadden Orr Ⓟ
- 1943: Flora Philip Ⓟ
- 1956: Hans Hamburger Ⓟ
- 1967: Jovan Karamata Ⓟ
- 1987: Shigeo Sasaki Ⓟ
- 2007: Alexandru Lupas Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Florian Cajori
The history of mathematics is important also as a valuable contribution to the history of civilisation. Human progress is closely identified with scientific thought. Mathematical and physical reseaches are a reliable record of intellectual progress.
