May 14

From Gnomon Chronicles
Jump to navigation Jump to search


Better Than News

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

Are You Sure

• ... that mathematician John Charles Fields (1863–1932) worked tirelessly throughout his career to promote the professional of mathematics, especially in his native Canada; and that in the late 1920's he began planning the now-prestigious Fields Medal, awarded to two to four mathematicians, under the age of 40, who have made important contributions to the field; but that due to deteriorating health, never saw the implementation of the medal in his lifetime, leaving $47,000 in his will to fund the award?

... that Garrison Keillor played a rogue android in the 1982 science fiction musical film Blade Wobegon?

Selected Anniversaries

Topic of the Day

Restaurants