Quote of the day
One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.
Edward Kasner
Born: April 2, 1878
Died: January 7, 1955 (aged 76)
Bio: Edward Kasner was a prominent American mathematician who was appointed Tutor on Mathematics in the Columbia University Mathematics Department. Kasner was the first Jew appointed to a faculty position in the sciences at Columbia University.
Known for:
- Mathematics and the Imagination (1940)
- PRINCETON COLLOQUIUM LECTURES