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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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.]
Quoted in A L Peratt, 'Dean of the Plasma Dissidents', Washington Times, supplement: The World and I (May 1988)