Quote of the day
Physiology and psychology cover, between them, the field of vital phenomena; they deal with the facts of life at large, and in particular with the facts of human life.
Richard Courant
Born: January 8, 1888
Died: January 27, 1972 (aged 84)
Bio: Richard Courant was a German American mathematician. He is best known by the general public for the book What is Mathematics?, co-written with Herbert Robbins.
Known for:
- What Is Mathematics? (1941)
- Methoden der mathematischen Physik (1924)
- Introduction to Calculus and Analysis (1965)
- Differential and Integral Calculus (1942)
- Supersonic flow and shock waves (1944)