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||1927 – Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847) | ||1927 – Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847) | ||
||1933 | File:Arthur Compton 1927.jpg|link=Arthur Compton (nonfiction)|1932: American physicist and crime-fighter [[Arthur Compton (nonfiction)|Arthur Compton]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], based on the Compton effect, use the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Leo Szilard.jpg|link=Leo Szilard (nonfiction)|1933: [[Leo Szilard (nonfiction)|Leó Szilárd]], waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction. | |||
||1940 – Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France. | ||1940 – Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France. | ||
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1900: Mathematician and academic Haskell Curry born. He will be known for his work in combinatory logic.
1932: American physicist and crime-fighter Arthur Compton publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions, based on the Compton effect, use the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1933: Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.