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Mathematicians Of The Day
31st October
On this day in 1992, the Vatican admitted that Galileo was correct in believing that the earth went around the sun. This was after 13 years of inquiry by the Pope's commission of historic, scientific and theological scholars.
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Born:
- 1711: Laura Bassi Ⓟ
- 1815: Karl Weierstrass Ⓟ
- 1877: Ólafur Daníelsson Ⓟ
- 1883: David Gibb Ⓟ
- 1890: Joseph Pérès Ⓟ
- 1902: Abraham Wald Ⓟ
- 1919: Magnus Wenninger Ⓟ
- 1925: John Pople Ⓟ
- 1935: Ronald Graham Ⓟ
Died:
- 1897: Samuel Haughton Ⓟ
- 1987: Raj Chandra Bose Ⓟ
- 1988: Theodor Schneider Ⓟ
- 1988: George Uhlenbeck Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Ronald Graham
Well, as you know, there are 24 hours in every day. And if that's not enough, you've always got the nights!
