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The top five inspirations of the month

The favorite math items of June 2013 are provided Sara Santos from the UK. Visit the "festival of the spoken nerd": http://festivalofthespokennerd.com/

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The quotation of the day

Here is a collection of links where you find more citations that are concerned with mathematics:

• The Mathematical Quotation Server http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mquot.html
• The Platonic Realms Interactive Database of Math Quotes http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/quotes/
• The Mac Tutor History of Mathematics Archive http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/ is a very recommendable compilation of biographies of mathematicians. In many cases one finds quotations at the end of these biographies. All quotations of the Mac Tutor History page are collected here. Cf. also the link to "Mathematicians of the day".
• Here is a collection of quotes by William Thurston.

Historical reminder

On June 19, 1623, Blaise Pascal was born in Clermont-Ferrand (France). His name is known even to schoolchildren from Pascal’s triangle, and his work played an important role in the development of probability theory. He had a significant influence on the development of infinitesimal calculus. Pascal died on August 19, 1662, in Paris. Pascal was also an inventor, physicist, philosopher, and theologian, in which latter domain he is known for his “Pensées” and so-called Pascal’s wager. More information can be found here.