MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
30th August
Born:
- 1819: Joseph Serret (poster)
- 1827: Lajos Martin (poster)
- 1856: Carl Runge (poster)
- 1906: Olga Taussky-Todd (poster)
- 1907: John Mauchly (poster)
Died:
- 1621: Baha' al-Din al-Amili
- 1928: Wilhelm Wien (poster)
- 1961: Anton Kazimirovich Suschkevich (poster)
- 1978: Henryk Zygalski
- 1995: Fischer Black
- 1998: Irving Segal (poster)
Quotation of the day
From Lajos Martin
I want to glance at the influence of the flying machine on the life in future. New life conditions will develop: the transportation will depend less on the railways ... society will insure itself with new international contracts and agreements.
Inaugural address at Kolozsvar University (1872)
