Quote of the day
We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States.
Joan Birman

Born: May 30, 1927 (age 99)
Bio: Joan Sylvia Lyttle Birman is an American mathematician, specializing in braid theory and knot theory. Her book Braids, Links, and Mapping Class Groups has become a standard introduction, with many of today's researchers having learned the subject through it.






