Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
James A. Yorke
Born: August 3, 1941 (age 83)
Bio: James A. Yorke is a Distinguished University Research Professor of Mathematics and Physics and former chair of the Mathematics Department at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Known for:
- Dynamics: Numerical Explorations (1994)
- Gonorrhea Transmission Dynamics and Control (1984)