THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see the face of a stern parent or teacher who tried to force into them a non-comprehending parrot-like apparent competence–a duty and a duty alone–and no hint of magic or beauty of the subject might be allowed to come through.”

— Roger Penrose

BIRTHDAYS:

1800 Sarah Miriam Peale, American painter (portrait artist, e.g., General Lafayette).

1839 Alice Mary Smith, British composer. Symphony in A minor N.2

1942 Gary Kildall, American computer scientist and inventor/entrepreneur (CP/M operating system).

MISCELLANEOUS:

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