Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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