Today in History, 15 July: In 1994, as the Rwandan Genocide neared its end, hundreds of thousands of Hutus fled to neighbouring Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). This mass exodus marked a tragic chapter in the aftermath of the
A 90th birthday is an event well worth celebrating. My beautiful friend was born in 1933, the same year as Willie Nelson and Carol Burnett. It was the worst year
Around the same time as Kronecker obtained his doctorate, Gauss’ star pupil Riemann also transferred to Berlin, where he stayed for two years before returning to Göttingen in 1849. The German university system at the time allowed students to easily move from one university to another. Dedekind, Riemann’s closest contemporary transferred to Berlin as well. They both received their habilitation in 1854. Afterwards they both returned to Göttingen as Privatdozents