The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war.
-- Simon Newcomb
   
Simon Newcomb   Name:
Simon Newcomb
Type:
Mathematician
Nationality:
Canadian
Birth:
March 12, 1835
Death:
July 11, 1909
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