Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Constance Reid

Born: January 3, 1918
Died: October 14, 2010 (aged 92)
Bio: Constance Bowman Reid was the author of several biographies of mathematicians and popular books about mathematics. She received several awards for mathematical exposition.
Known for:
- Hilbert (1970)
- A Long Way from Euclid (1963)
- Julia, a life in mathematics (1996)
- Hilbert-Courant (1970)
- Neyman--from life (1982)