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Mathematicians Of The Day
16th May
On this day in 2005 President George W Bush announced that Lenore Blum was one of the recipients of the 2004 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. The citation reads:-
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1946.
Lenore Blum of Carnegie Mellon University helped pioneer the Expanding Your Horizons program at Mills College in 1973. The program - designed to introduce young female students to women in science and related careers - has since gone national through the Math/Science Network ...On this day in 2014 Google released an Agnesi doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1946.
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Born:
- 1718: Maria Agnesi Ⓟ
- 1814: Daniel da Silva Ⓟ
- 1821: Pafnuty Chebyshev Ⓟ
- 1878: Leon Lichtenstein Ⓟ
- 1909: Werner Romberg Ⓟ
- 1909: Hidegorô Nakano Ⓟ
- 1911: Eizens Arins Ⓟ
- 1911: Jack Todd Ⓟ
- 1934: Roy Kerr Ⓟ
Died:
- 1830: Joseph Fourier Ⓟ
- 1935: Hector Macdonald Ⓟ
- 1939: Sidney Luxton Loney Ⓟ
- 1943: Roberto Marcolongo Ⓟ
- 1983: Édouard Zeckendorf Ⓟ
- 1988: Zofia Krygowska Ⓟ
- 1989: Ernst Mohr Ⓟ
- 2012: Hideo Tanaka Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Pafnuty Chebyshev
To isolate mathematics from the practical demands of the sciences is to invite the sterility of a cow shut away from the bulls.
Theorem of the day from Robin Whitty