Quote of the day
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.
You may have to work for it, however.
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