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The Wealth of the Nation by Seymour Fogel.
Adam Smith says that The Wealth of Nations
lies in the goods and services they create. |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Isaac Watts (1674; died November 25, 1748) English hymnist, cleric, and theologian; "Joy to the World," "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"
Died on this day:
Adam Smith (1790; born June 16, 1723) Scottish philosopher;
The Theory of Moral Sentiments;
The Wealth of Nations
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1903; born July 11, 1834) American artist;
Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. I: The Artist's Mother (known as "Whistler's Mother")
Henri Poincaré (1912; born April 29, 1854) French mathematician and philosopher of science;
Science and Hypothesis;
The Value of Science;
Science and Method; "The Future of Mathematics"
Billie Holiday (1959; born April 7, 1915) American performer (blues singer); "Strange Fruit"
John Coltrane (1967; born September 23, 1926) American jazz saxophonist and composer known especially for the genres "bebop" and "hard bop," and who won a special Pulitzer Prize in 2007; notable works include "My Favorite Things"; "Naima"; "Giant Steps"; "Equinox"; "Cousin Mary"; "Central Park West"
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