Mathematicians Of The Day
13th July
On this day in 1832, Charles Babbage was the first recipient of the Royal Astronomical Society's Gold Medal.
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Born:
- 1527: John Dee Ⓟ
- 1741: Carl Friedrich Hindenburg
- 1904: Alfred Foster Ⓟ
Died:
- 1321: Ibn al-Banna Ⓟ
- 1762: James Bradley Ⓟ
- 1807: Johann(III) Bernoulli Ⓟ
- 1934: Mary Byrd Ⓟ
- 1941: Ivan Ivanovich Privalov Ⓟ
- 2016: Ward Cheney Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From John Dee
The art of Navigation demonstrates how, by the shortest good way, by the aptest direction, and in the shortest time, a sufficient ship, between any two places (in passage navigable) assigned, may be conducted; and in all storms and natural disturbances chancing, how to use the best possible means, whereby to recover the place first assigned.