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||2002 – Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911) | ||2002 – Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911) | ||
||2006 | File:Paul Halmos.jpg|link=Paul Halmos (nonfiction)|2006: Mathematician and academic [[Paul Halmos (nonfiction)|Paul Halmos]] dies. He made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis (in particular, Hilbert spaces). | ||
||2013 – Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (b. 1918) | ||2013 – Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (b. 1918) | ||
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1588: Philosopher and scientist Bernardino Telesio dies. While his natural theories were later disproven, his emphasis on observation influenced the emergence of the scientific method.
2006: Mathematician and academic Paul Halmos dies. He made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis (in particular, Hilbert spaces).