Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Mark Kac
Born: August 3, 1914
Died: October 26, 1984 (aged 70)
Bio: Mark Kac was a Polish American mathematician. He was born to a Polish-Jewish family; their town, Kremenets, changed hands from the Russian Empire to Poland when Kac was a child. His main interest was probability theory.
Known for:
- Mathematics and logic (1968)
- Discrete thoughts
- Enigmas of Chance