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14 December 2015

BKS Iyengar's 97th Birthday Doodle

B. K. S. Iyengar
Teacher
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar, better known as B.K.S. Iyengar, was the founder of the style of yoga known as "Iyengar Yoga" and was considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world. 
 
Born: December 14, 1918, Bellur, Karnataka
Died: August 20, 2014, Pune
Spouse: Ramamani Iyengar (m. 1943–1973)






02 Nov 2015

    George Boole
    Mathematician
    George Boole was an English mathematician, educator, philosopher and logician. He worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, and is best known as the author of The Laws of Thought which contains Boolean algebra. Wikipedia
    Born: November 2, 1815, Lincoln, United Kingdom
    Spouse: Mary Everest Boole (m. 1855–1864)

    George Boole (2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) was an English mathematician, educator, philosopher and logician. He worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, and is best known as the author of The Laws of Thought which contains Boolean algebra. Boolean logic is credited with laying the foundations for the information age.Boole maintained that:No general method for the solution of questions in the theory of probabilities can be established which does not explicitly recognise, not only the special numerical bases of the science, but also those universal laws of thought which are the basis of all reasoning, and which, whatever they may be as to their essence, are at least mathematical as to their form.

24 Oct 2015


    R. K. Laxman
    Cartoonist
    Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. He was best known for his creation The Common Man and for his daily cartoon strip, "You Said It" in The Times of India, which started in 1951. Wikipedia
    Born: October 24, 1921, Mysore
    Died: January 26, 2015, Pune
    Spouse: Kamala Laxman (m. ?–2015), Kamala Kumari (m. ?–1960)