Tagged: mathematicians
Al-Karaji
Al-Karaji (953-about 1029), “regarded as the first person to free algebra from geometrical operations”, born 13 Apr http://t.co/aABEYxo7KO
— Maths History (@mathshistory) April 13, 2014
George Boole
It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.
Born 2nd November 1815.
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Boole.html
Galois’ birthday
Please note that smoking (and duelling) can damage your health.
One of maths more tragic stories.
Seen at http://aperiodical.com/2012/10/happy-birthday-evariste-galois/
John von Neumann
speaks!