Mathematicians Of The Day

11th September



On this day in 1913, Henry F Baker, addressed the British Association for the Advancement of Science on The Place of Pure Mathematics.
See THIS LINK.

Click on for a poster.


Quotation of the day

From James Jeans
We have already considered with disfavour the possibility of the universe having been planned by a biologist or an engineer; from the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.
The Mysterious Universe