Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Jacques Hadamard
Born: December 8, 1865
Died: October 17, 1963 (aged 97)
Bio: Jacques Salomon Hadamard ForMemRS was a French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations.
Known for:
- Lessons in geometry
- Four lectures on mathematics (1915)