Former Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun received a degree in mathematics from Harvard.
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Hardy-Weinberg
In 1908, Hardy and Weinberg present a law describing how the proportions of dominant and recessive genetic traits would be propagated in a large population. This establishes the mathematical basis for population genetics.
Greeks
Greeks began to use written numerals in about 450 BC.
Googol
“Googol” is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by a hundred zero’s. The term was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, and was popularized in the book, “Mathematics and the Imagination” by Kasner and James Newman. Google’s play on the term reflects the company’s mission to organize the immense amount of information available on the web. http://www.factme.com/category10.html
Frank Ryan
Frank Ryan, star quarterback for the Cleveland Browns in the sixties, received his degree in mathematics. He also received a Ph.D. from Rice University.