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File:Didacus automaton profile.jpg|link=Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|1640: [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]] attends and records lecture by [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]]. | File:Didacus automaton profile.jpg|link=Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|1640: [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]] attends and records lecture by [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]]. | ||
File:Lev Schnirelmann.jpg|link=Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|1926: Mathematician [[Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|Lev Schnirelmann]] reverse-engineers [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]], retrieves complete copy of lecture by [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]]. | File:Lev Schnirelmann.jpg|link=Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|1926: Mathematician [[Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|Lev Schnirelmann]] reverse-engineers [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]], retrieves complete copy of lecture by [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]]. | ||
File:Joseph Weizenbaum.jpg|link=Joseph Weizenbaum (nonfiction)|2008: Computer scientist [[Joseph Weizenbaum (nonfiction)|Joseph Weizenbaum]] dies. He is considered one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence. | |||
File:Ray Tomlinson.jpg|link=Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|2016: Computer programmer and engineer [[Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|Ray Tomlinson]] dies. He implemented the first email system on ARPANET, including the "@" separator which is still in use today. | File:Ray Tomlinson.jpg|link=Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|2016: Computer programmer and engineer [[Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|Ray Tomlinson]] dies. He implemented the first email system on ARPANET, including the "@" separator which is still in use today. | ||
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1223 BC: Solar eclipse occurs; the event is recorded in a Syrian clay tablet, in the Ugaritic language.
1499: Polymath Johannes Trithemius uses Gnomon algorithm functions to prevent accidental solar eclipse.
1574: Mathematician William Oughtred born. He will invent the slide rule in 1662.
1639: Mathematician John Pell uses slide rule to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1640: Didacus automaton attends and records lecture by William Oughtred.
1926: Mathematician Lev Schnirelmann reverse-engineers Didacus automaton, retrieves complete copy of lecture by William Oughtred.
2008: Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum dies. He is considered one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence.
2016: Computer programmer and engineer Ray Tomlinson dies. He implemented the first email system on ARPANET, including the "@" separator which is still in use today.