Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Stephen Smale

Born: July 15, 1930 (age 95)
Bio: Stephen Smale is an American mathematician from Flint, Michigan. His research concerns topology, dynamical systems and mathematical economics.
Known for:
- The Collected Papers of Stephen Smale (2000)
- Complexity and Real Computation (1998)
- The mathematics of time (1980)