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.
Richard Dedekind
Born: October 6, 1831
Died: February 12, 1916 (aged 84)
Bio: Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind was a German mathematician who made important contributions to abstract algebra, algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.
Known for:
- Essays on the theory of numbers (1901)
- Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen? (1888)
- Vorlesungen über Zahlentheorie (1863)
- Theory of algebraic integers
- What are numbers and what should they be? =