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.
John Forbes Nash, Jr.
Born: June 13, 1928
Died: May 23, 2015 (aged 86)
Bio: John Forbes Nash, Jr. was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, differential geometry, and the study of partial differential equations.
Known for:
- Essays on Game Theory (1996)
- Cases in Accounting Systems (1991)