Mathematicians Of The Day

18th February



On this day in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. Tombaugh wrote:-
... I suddenly came upon the images of Pluto! The experience was an intense thrill, because the nature of the object was apparent at first sight.
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On this day in 2013 Google released an Nasir al-Tusi doodle.

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Quotation of the day

From Carl Jacobi
God ever arithmetises.
Quoted in H Eves Mathematical Circles Revisited (Boston 1971).