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Mathematicians Of The Day
14th October
On this day in 1972 France issued a 90-centimes stamp commemorating Jean François Champollion and the Rosetta Stone.
See THIS LINK.
On this day in 2019 Google released a Plateau doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1947.
See THIS LINK.
On this day in 2019 Google released a Plateau doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1947.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1687: Robert Simson Ⓟ
- 1801: Joseph Plateau Ⓟ
- 1868: Alessandro Padoa Ⓟ
- 1882: Éamon de Valera Ⓟ
- 1897: Alfonso Nápoles Gándara Ⓟ
- 1928: Mary Tsingou Menzel Ⓟ
Died:
- 1946: David Drysdale
- 1956: Jules Richard Ⓟ
- 1971: Norman Steenrod Ⓟ
- 1982: Hugh Dowker Ⓟ
- 1982: Hubert Linfoot Ⓟ
- 1982: Daniel O'Connell Ⓟ
- 2010: Wilhelm Klingenberg Ⓟ
- 2010: Benoit Mandelbrot Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Benoit Mandelbrot
A cloud is made of billows upon billows upon billows that look like clouds. As you come closer to a cloud you don't get something smooth, but irregularities at a smaller scale.
