MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
21st October
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Born:
- 1687: Nicolaus (I) Bernoulli
- 1823: Enrico Betti Ⓟ
- 1855: Giovanni Guccia Ⓟ
- 1882: Harry Vandiver Ⓟ
- 1893: Bill Ferrar Ⓟ
- 1914: Martin Gardner Ⓟ
Died:
- 1881: Eduard Heine Ⓟ
- 1969: Wacław Sierpiński Ⓟ
- 1990: Karl Aubert Ⓟ
- 2000: Dirk Struik Ⓟ
- 2002: Bernhard Neumann Ⓟ
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.
