Quote of the day
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?
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)