Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Hermann Minkowski
Born: June 22, 1864
Died: January 12, 1909 (aged 44)
Bio: Hermann Minkowski was a German-Jewish mathematician, professor at Königsberg, Zürich and Göttingen.