Quote of the day
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
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