Quote of the day
It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients.
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)






