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Mathematicians Of The Day
25th December
Because of the difference between the Gregorian and the Julian calendars, in England, Christmas Day 1642 was celebrated on Newton's birthday. We have taken his birthday as 4th January 1643.
On this day in 1656 Huygens (who was a bachelor) spent Christmas Day making the first model of a pendulum clock.
See THIS LINK.
A (magic) Christmas card is at THIS LINK.
On this day in 1656 Huygens (who was a bachelor) spent Christmas Day making the first model of a pendulum clock.
See THIS LINK.
A (magic) Christmas card is at THIS LINK.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1883: Frances Chick Wood Ⓟ
- 1884: Sotero Prieto Ⓟ
- 1900: Antoni Zygmund Ⓟ
- 1901: Oene Bottema Ⓟ
- 1905: Gottfried Köthe Ⓟ
Died:
- 1921: Piers Bohl Ⓟ
- 1929: Percy MacMahon Ⓟ
- 1941: Theodor Molien Ⓟ
- 1944: Wilhelm Kutta Ⓟ
- 1981: Gheorghe Mihoc Ⓟ
- 1993: Kentaro Yano Ⓟ
- 2000: Willard Van Quine Ⓟ
- 2010: Gavin Brown Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Willard Van Quine
The lore of our fathers is a fabric of sentences. A pale gray lore, black with fact and white with convention.
