Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Charles Hermite
Born: December 24, 1822
Died: January 14, 1901 (aged 78)
Bio: Prof Charles Hermite FRS FRSE MIAS was a French mathematician who did research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.