My Choice of the 14 Greatest Mathematicians of All Time

MOD Filipina 14th Anniversary Special, September, 1988
On the cover: Francesca B. Davila

The magazine is dated September 1988, but it’s actually not MOD’s anniversary month. The komiks-sized teenage-oriented magazine, Sixteen, founded by Mars Ravelo, from which MOD evolved was first published by Pilipino Komiks, Inc. on June 22, 1968. Then on December 6, 1974, it literally grew to an 11” x 13” tabloid-sized Sixteen’s MOD Filipina. Barely 10 months later, on October 10, 1975, dropping the “Sixteen” from its title, the magazine became MOD Filipina, and now caters to women. Lastly on July 3, 1992, the subtag “Filipina” was removed, and it became simply MOD.

Since, however, this 14th anniversary special was dated September 1988, I find it proper to start the month of September with this issue. It was a tradition in MOD that for every anniversary, the magazine showcased some write-ups about its writers and contributors. I was among those featured as “MOD Jr. Writers.”

Another tradition of MOD’s anniversary specials are articles pertaining to its anniversary number. In this case the number “14.” This issue is loaded with articles with “14” on the titles including the ones I contributed: “World’s 14 Most Incredible Coincidences,” “My Choice of the 14 Greatest Mathematicians of All Time,” and even my column Math-O’Logics shared a short “punch” on the number 14.

“The Word became a human being and full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw His glory, the glory which He received as the FATHER’s only Son.” – The Gospel According to John 1:14, The Good News Bible in Today’s English Version.