MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
21st October
Born:
- 1687: Nicolaus (I) Bernoulli
- 1823: Enrico Betti (poster)
- 1855: Giovanni Guccia (poster)
- 1882: Harry Vandiver (poster)
- 1893: Bill Ferrar (poster)
- 1914: Martin Gardner (poster)
Died:
- 1881: Eduard Heine (poster)
- 1969: Wacław Sierpiński (poster)
- 1990: Karl Aubert
- 2000: Dirk Struik (poster)
- 2002: Bernhard Neumann (poster)
Quotation of the day
From Martin Gardner
A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship.
