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Mathematicians Of The Day
15th August
On this day in 1956, the Australian Mathematical Society was founded.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1982.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1982.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1795: Émile Léger
- 1863: Aleksei Krylov Ⓟ
- 1882: Jean Chazy Ⓟ
- 1886: Balfour Lockhart Ⓟ
- 1892: Louis de Broglie Ⓟ
- 1897: Sylvia Skan
- 1901: Petr Sergeevich Novikov Ⓟ
- 1905: Hermann Brück Ⓟ
- 1912: Carlo Miranda Ⓟ
- 1932: Marian Țarină Ⓟ
Died:
- 1758: Pierre Bouguer Ⓟ
- 1789: Jacob (II) Bernoulli Ⓟ
- 1798: Edward Waring Ⓟ
- 1922: Pierre Boutroux Ⓟ
- 1953: Ludwig Prandtl Ⓟ
- 1978: Viggo Brun Ⓟ
- 2002: Heinz Bauer Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Louis de Broglie
There is no reason why the history and philosophy of science should not be taught in such a way as to bring home to all pupils the grandeur of science and the scope of its discoveries.
