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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).
See THIS LINK.
See THIS LINK.
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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 Hermann Grassmann
Pure Mathematics is the science of the individual object inasmuch as it is born in thought.
