Quote of the day
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
Colin Maclaurin
Born: February 1, 1698
Died: June 14, 1746 (aged 48)
Bio: Colin Maclaurin was a Scottish mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and algebra. The Maclaurin series, a special case of the Taylor series, is named after him.
Known for:
- A Treatise of Fluxions: In Two Books (1742)
- MacLaurin's Physical Dissertations
- A treatise of algebra