MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
23rd November
Born:
- 1616: John Wallis (poster)
- 1820: Isaac Todhunter (poster)
- 1853: George Halsted (poster)
- 1888: Louis Antoine (poster)
- 1917: Elizabeth Scott
- 1927: Carlos Benjamin de Lyra
Died:
- 1604: Francesco Barozzi (poster)
- 1817: James Glenie
- 1863: George Jerrard
- 1942: Stanisław Saks (poster)
- 1942: Stanisław Zaremba (poster)
- 1979: Colin Cherry
Quotation of the day
From Isaac Todhunter
[Maxwell asked whether he would like to see an experimental demonstration of conical refraction]
No. I have been teaching it all my life, and I do not want to have my ideas upset.
