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.
David Eugene Smith
Born: January 21, 1860
Died: July 29, 1944 (aged 84)
Bio: David Eugene Smith was an American mathematician, educator, and editor.
Known for:
- A source book in mathematics
- A history of Japanese mathematics (1914)
- Rara arithmetica
- Present teaching of mathematics in Germany
- Problems about war for classes in arithmetic