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Mathematicians Of The Day
4th September
On this day in 1749, Voltaire wrote to one of Émilie du Châtelet's friends :-
On this day in 2012 Google released an Al-Biruni doodle
Mme du Châtelet informs you that this night, being at her desk working on Newton, she felt a little call. The little call was a daughter, who appeared in an instant. She was laid on a quarto book of geometry. The mother has gone to lie down and, if she were not asleep, she would be writing to you.Sadly, du Châtelet died 6 days later.
On this day in 2012 Google released an Al-Biruni doodle
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1809: Luigi Menabrea Ⓟ
- 1848: Heinrich Bruns Ⓟ
- 1889: Vyacheslaw Vassilievich Stepanov Ⓟ
- 1890: Johannes van der Corput Ⓟ
- 1899: Hildegard Ille Ⓟ
Died:
- 1784: César-François Cassini de Thury Ⓟ
- 1969: Marcel Riesz Ⓟ
- 1978: Herbert Dingle Ⓟ
- 1984: Ernst Stueckelberg Ⓟ
- 1996: Joan Clarke Ⓟ
- 2011: Hans Grauert Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Ernst Stueckelberg
He [Stueckelberg] did the work and walks alone toward the sunset; and, here I [Feynman] am, covered in all the glory, which rightfully should be his !
