Quote of the day
The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual.
George David Birkhoff
Born: March 21, 1884
Died: November 12, 1944 (aged 60)
Bio: George David Birkhoff was an American mathematician best known for what is now called the ergodic theorem.
Known for:
- Relativity and modern physics (1923)
- Basic Geometry: Answer Book
- Dynamical Systems (1927)
- Basic Geometry: Manual for Teachers (1943)