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.
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)