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||1912: German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
||1912: German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
||1914: Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer born ... physical and theoretical chemist, educator, and university president.[1] He was described as "one of the most influential physical chemists of his era" whose work "spanned almost all of the important fields of physical chemistry: thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, molecular structure, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, chemical bonding, relativistic chemical effects, properties of concentrated aqueous salt solutions, kinetics, and conformational analysis." Pic.


File:Georg Cantor 1894.png|link=Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|1918: Mathematician and philosopher [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]] dies.  He invented [[Set theory (nonfiction)|set theory]], a fundamental area of mathematical inquiry.
File:Georg Cantor 1894.png|link=Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|1918: Mathematician and philosopher [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]] dies.  He invented [[Set theory (nonfiction)|set theory]], a fundamental area of mathematical inquiry.
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||2012: Roger Boisjoly dies ... aerodynamicist and engineer.
||2012: Roger Boisjoly dies ... aerodynamicist and engineer.
|File:John Hoyland Lebanon.jpg|link=John Hoyland (nonfiction)|2015: [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] ''Lebanon'' spontaneously generates new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]].
|File:Color commentators.jpg|link=Color commentator (nonfiction)|2015: [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color commentators]] call [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] ''Lebanon'' "colorful in a way that defies description."


File:Comparison_of_bergamot_oils_using_GC-MS_analysis_with_enantiomeric_column.png|2016: Cold weather depresses [[Bergamot essential oil (nonfiction)|Bergamot oil]] market, industry analysts predict spike in [[Chromatography (nonfiction)|gas chromatography]] prices.
File:Comparison_of_bergamot_oils_using_GC-MS_analysis_with_enantiomeric_column.png|2016: Cold weather depresses [[Bergamot essential oil (nonfiction)|Bergamot oil]] market, industry analysts predict spike in [[Chromatography (nonfiction)|gas chromatography]] prices.
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  • 1561: Mathematician and physicist Thomas Fincke born. He will introduce the modern names of the trigonometric functions tangent and secant.

    1561: Mathematician and physicist Thomas Fincke born. He will introduce the modern names of the trigonometric functions tangent and secant.

  • 1655: Mathematician Jacob Bernoulli born. He will discover the fundamental mathematical constant e, and make important contributions to the field of probability.

    1655: Mathematician Jacob Bernoulli born. He will discover the fundamental mathematical constant e, and make important contributions to the field of probability.

  • 1918: Mathematician and philosopher Georg Cantor dies. He invented set theory, a fundamental area of mathematical inquiry.

    1918: Mathematician and philosopher Georg Cantor dies. He invented set theory, a fundamental area of mathematical inquiry.

  • 1931: Inventor Thomas Edison signs his last patent application.

    1931: Inventor Thomas Edison signs his last patent application.

  • 2016: Cold weather depresses Bergamot oil market, industry analysts predict spike in gas chromatography prices.

    2016: Cold weather depresses Bergamot oil market, industry analysts predict spike in gas chromatography prices.

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