Mathematics

Anneli Lax born in Katowice, Poland. Best known for creating the MAA New Mathematical Library book series in response to […]

J. J. Sylvester, at a commencement address at Johns Hopkins University, gave his view on the relation between teaching and

American Poet Sidney Lanier (1842-1922) read his “Ode to The Johns Hopkins University,” which indicated the original faculty was “Led

Frank Plumpton Ramsey, inventor of Ramsey Theory in combinatorics, born in Cambridge, England. More information about: Frank Plumpton Ramsey Read

Girard Desargues, an inventor of projective geometry, born in Lyon, France. More information about: Girard Desargues Read More 

Newton elected as only the second foreign member of the French Academy. More information about: Isaac Newton Read More 

Isaac Greenwood began his “Publick” lectures at Harvard as the first Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. The lectures

Tobias Mayer, who corresponded with Euler about the longitude problem, died in Gottingen, Germany. More information about: Tobias Mayer Leonhard

Ludwig Boltzmann born in Vienna, Austria. The theoretical physicist invented statistical mechanics. More information about: Ludwig Boltzmann Read More 

John Glenn became the first American to orbit earth. He orbited three times in his Mercury capsule in 4 hours