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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). | 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). | ||
File:The Safe-Cracker.jpg|link=The Safe-Cracker|2007: Signed first edition of ''The Safe-Cracker'' provides clues which lead to the arrest and imprisonment of [[math criminals]]. | |||
||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).
2007: Signed first edition of The Safe-Cracker provides clues which lead to the arrest and imprisonment of math criminals.