MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
21st September
Born:
- 1623: Stephano degli Angeli
- 1845: Elizaveta Litvinova (poster)
- 1861: William Briggs (poster)
- 1884: Dénes König (poster)
- 1895: Joseph Walsh (poster)
- 1899: Julius Schauder (poster)
- 1917: Phyllis Nicolson (poster)
- 1935: Yakov Grigorevich Sinai (poster)
Died:
- 1576: Girolamo Cardano (poster)
- 1842: James Ivory
- 1937: Chrystal Macmillan (poster)
- 1950: Arthur Milne (poster)
- 1981: Henry Forder (poster)
Quotation of the day
From Girolamo Cardano
Mathematics, however, is, as it were, its own explanation; this, although it may seem hard to accept, is nevertheless true, for the recognition that a fact is so is the cause upon which we base the proof.
