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
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
