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||1901: Kurt Otto Friedrichs dies ... mathematician.  
||1901: Kurt Otto Friedrichs dies ... mathematician.  
||1907: Yevgeny Zavoisky born ... physicist known for discovery of electron paramagnetic resonance in 1944.[1][2] He likely observed nuclear magnetic resonance in 1941, well before Felix Bloch and Edward Mills Purcell, but dismissed the results as not reproducible.[3][4] Zavoisky is also credited with design of luminescence camera for detection of nuclear processes in 1952 and discovery of magneto-acoustic resonance in plasma in 1958. Ouc,


||1913: Oscar Buneman born ... made advances in science, engineering, and mathematics. Buneman was a pioneer of computational plasma physics and plasma simulation. Pic: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/icnsp/buneman.htm
||1913: Oscar Buneman born ... made advances in science, engineering, and mathematics. Buneman was a pioneer of computational plasma physics and plasma simulation. Pic: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/icnsp/buneman.htm

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  • 1494: Doctor, astronomer, and crime-fighter Johannes Engel publishes an almanac which uses Gnomon algorithm functions to predict crimes against astronomical constants with unprecedented accuracy.

    1494: Doctor, astronomer, and crime-fighter Johannes Engel publishes an almanac which uses Gnomon algorithm functions to predict crimes against astronomical constants with unprecedented accuracy.

  • 1605: Mathematician and astronomer Ismaël Bullialdus born. He will be an active member of the Republic of Letters, and an early defender of the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo.

    1605: Mathematician and astronomer Ismaël Bullialdus born. He will be an active member of the Republic of Letters, and an early defender of the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo.

  • 1890 (or 1892): Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie born. She will be was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women.

    1890 (or 1892): Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie born. She will be was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women.

  • 1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a chemical warfare attack in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.

    1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a chemical warfare attack in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.

  • 1925: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal born. He will make fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.

    1925: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal born. He will make fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.

  • 1953: Astronomer and cosmologist Edwin Hubble dies. He discovered the fact that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way.

    1953: Astronomer and cosmologist Edwin Hubble dies. He discovered the fact that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way.

  • 2016: Blue Green Blossom voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2016: Blue Green Blossom voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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