Quote of the day
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
Stephen Smale

Born: July 15, 1930 (age 94)
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)