Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
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