Mathematicians Of The Day
2nd April
On this day in 1948 Kurt Gödel took his oath to become a United States citizen. He had passed his citizenship hearing the previous December.
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Born:
- 1618: Francesco Grimaldi Ⓟ
- 1878: Edward Kasner Ⓟ
- 1906: Shokichi Iyanaga Ⓟ
- 1908: Hans Reichardt Ⓟ
- 1930: Anatolii Asirovich Goldberg Ⓟ
- 1934: Paul Cohen Ⓟ
Died:
- 1872: Charles Hughes Terrot Ⓟ
- 1946: Dougald Mcquistan
- 1986: Thomas Room Ⓟ
- 1995: Hannes Alfvén Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Hannes Alfvén
Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe. ... Every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
[Realizing that his plasma universe may take a long time to penetrate the popular consciousness. When addressing a number of physicists with the first half of the quote, the groups was at first incredulous, but nodded agreement upon hearing the remainder of the quote.]