Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
David Mumford

Born: June 11, 1937 (age 88)
Bio: David Bryant Mumford is an American mathematician known for distinguished work in algebraic geometry, and then for research into vision and pattern theory. He won the Fields Medal and was a MacArthur Fellow.
Known for:
- Indra's Pearls (2002)
- The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes (1988)
- Lectures on curves on an algebraic surface (1964)
- Tata Lectures on Theta I (1983)