Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Arthur Cayley
Born: August 16, 1821
Died: January 26, 1895 (aged 73)
Bio: Arthur Cayley F.R.S. was a British mathematician. He helped found the modern British school of pure mathematics.
Known for:
- An Elementary Treatise on Elliptic Functions (1876)
- The Life of Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight V2
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