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||1522: Lodovico Ferrari born ... mathematician and academic. Pic search scanty: https://www.google.com/search?q=lodovico+ferrari&oq=Lodovico+Ferrari
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||1793: William Hopkins born ... mathematician and geologist. He made important contributions in asserting a solid, rather than fluid, interior for the Earth and explaining many geological phenomena in terms of his model. However, though his conclusions proved to be correct, his mathematical and physical reasoning were subsequently seen as unsound. Pic.
||1793: William Hopkins born ... mathematician and geologist. He made important contributions in asserting a solid, rather than fluid, interior for the Earth and explaining many geological phenomena in terms of his model. However, though his conclusions proved to be correct, his mathematical and physical reasoning were subsequently seen as unsound. Pic.
||1799: José Antonio Alzate y Ramírez dies ... priest, scientist, historian, cartographer, and journalist. Pic.


||1802: Jean-Baptiste Boussingault born ... chemist and academic ... made significant contributions to agricultural science, petroleum science and metallurgy. Pic.
||1802: Jean-Baptiste Boussingault born ... chemist and academic ... made significant contributions to agricultural science, petroleum science and metallurgy. Pic.

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  • 1768: Mathematician and mechanician Charles Étienne Louis Camus dies. He was the author of Cours de mathématiques (Paris, 1766), along with a number of essays on mathematical and mechanical subjects.

    1768: Mathematician and mechanician Charles Étienne Louis Camus dies. He was the author of Cours de mathématiques (Paris, 1766), along with a number of essays on mathematical and mechanical subjects.

  • 1786: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Jacques Philippe Marie Binet born. He will make significant contributions to number theory, and the mathematical foundations of matrix algebra.

    1786: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Jacques Philippe Marie Binet born. He will make significant contributions to number theory, and the mathematical foundations of matrix algebra.

  • 1829: Inventor, engineer, and philanthropist William Stanley born. He will design and manufacture precision drawing and mathematical instruments, as well as surveying instruments and telescopes.

    1829: Inventor, engineer, and philanthropist William Stanley born. He will design and manufacture precision drawing and mathematical instruments, as well as surveying instruments and telescopes.

  • 1882: Mathematician Joseph Wedderburn born. He will make significant contributions to algebra, proving that a finite division algebra is a field, and proving part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras.

    1882: Mathematician Joseph Wedderburn born. He will make significant contributions to algebra, proving that a finite division algebra is a field, and proving part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras.

  • 1900: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

    1900: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

  • 1905: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand born.

    1905: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand born.

  • 1908: Mathematician, engineer, and crime-fighter Agner Krarup Erlang publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use telephone network analysis to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1908: Mathematician, engineer, and crime-fighter Agner Krarup Erlang publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use telephone network analysis to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1950: Mathematician and author Constantin Carathéodory dies. He pioneered the axiomatic formulation of thermodynamics along a purely geometrical approach.

    1950: Mathematician and author Constantin Carathéodory dies. He pioneered the axiomatic formulation of thermodynamics along a purely geometrical approach.

  • 1969: New evidence suggests that The Eel Escapes Hydrolab is based on actual events.

    1969: New evidence suggests that The Eel Escapes Hydrolab is based on actual events.

  • 1970: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist Bertrand Russell dies.

    1970: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist Bertrand Russell dies.

  • 1974: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Imre Lakatos dies. He is known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its 'methodology of proofs and refutations' in its pre-axiomatic stages of development.

    1974: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Imre Lakatos dies. He is known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its 'methodology of proofs and refutations' in its pre-axiomatic stages of development.

  • 2016: Steganographic analysis of Three Kings reveals "at least five hundred and twelve kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

    2016: Steganographic analysis of Three Kings reveals "at least five hundred and twelve kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 2017: Mathematician Bertram Kostant dies. He was one of the principal developers of the theory of geometric quantization.

    2017: Mathematician Bertram Kostant dies. He was one of the principal developers of the theory of geometric quantization.

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