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Mathematicians born on this day:
1824 : Thomson |
Mathematicians who died on this day:
1274 : Nasir al_Tusi |
| William Thomson | George Udny Yule |
| Theorem of the day from Robin Whitty | Mathematician of the week |
William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) (1824 - 1907)
I am never content until I have constructed a mechanical model of what I am studying. If I succeed in making one, I understand; otherwise I do not.
Molecular Dynamics and the Wave Theory of Light
Another quotation by one of today's mathematicians
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http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Day_files/Day626.html
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