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Mathematicians Of The Day
25th August
On this day in 1664 Robert Hooke wrote to Robert Boyle about new experiments he was performing in the damaged steeple of Old St Pauls. One involved a 180 foot long pendulum with a four pound weight that swung with a 12 second period.
On this day in 2009 Google released a Galileo telescope doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1990.
On this day in 2009 Google released a Galileo telescope doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1990.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1561: Philip van Lansberge Ⓟ
- 1699: Charles-Étienne Camus Ⓟ
- 1787: Louis Lefébure de Fourcy Ⓟ
- 1806: James Booth Ⓟ
- 1817: Leslie Ellis Ⓟ
- 1844: Thomas Muir Ⓟ
- 1867: Hendrik de Vries Ⓟ
- 1867: Gury Vasilievich Kolosov Ⓟ
- 1898: Helmut Hasse Ⓟ
- 1904: John Evelyn Ⓟ
- 1917: Tosio Kato Ⓟ
- 1929: Elemér Kiss Ⓟ
- 1938: Alex Craik Ⓟ
- 1964: Maxim Kontsevich Ⓟ
Died:
- 1679: Jonas Moore Ⓟ
- 1822: William Herschel Ⓟ
- 1839: Giorgio Bidone Ⓟ
- 1867: Michael Faraday Ⓟ
- 1926: David J Tweedie
- 1997: Calogero Vinti Ⓟ
- 2020: Rebeca Cherep de Guber Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Michael Faraday
Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
