Quote of the day
In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.
Benjamin Peirce
Born: April 4, 1809
Died: October 6, 1880 (aged 71)
Bio: Benjamin Peirce was an American mathematician who taught at Harvard University for approximately 50 years. He made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics.
Known for:
- Linear Associative Alegebra (1870)
- Mathematical and Physical Papers, 1903-1913