Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
E. T. Whittaker

Born: October 24, 1873
Died: March 24, 1956 (aged 82)
Bio: Edmund Taylor Whittaker FRS FRSE was an English mathematician who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics and the theory of special functions.
Known for:
- A Course of Modern Analysis (1902)
- The theory of optical instruments (1907)