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Mathematicians Of The Day
26th September
On this day in 1679, a fire destroyed the home and observatory of Johannes and Koopman Hevelius in Danzig (now Gdańsk).
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The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1954.
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The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1954.
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Born:
- 1688: Willem 'sGravesande Ⓟ
- 1731: Gianfrancesco Malfatti Ⓟ
- 1854: Percy MacMahon Ⓟ
- 1891: Hans Reichenbach Ⓟ
- 1926: Brian Haselgrove
- 1927: Brian Griffiths Ⓟ
Died:
- 1766: Giulio Fagnano Ⓟ
- 1802: Georg Vega Ⓟ
- 1868: August Möbius Ⓟ
- 1877: Hermann Grassmann Ⓟ
- 1910: Thorvald Thiele Ⓟ
- 1976: Paul Turán Ⓟ
- 1979: K K Weatherhead
- 1990: Lothar Collatz Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Thorvald Thiele
An isolated sensation teaches us nothing, for it does not amount to an observation. Observation is a putting together of several results of sensation which are or are supposed to be connected with each other according to the law of causality, so that some represent causes and others their effects.
