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||1938 – Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (d. 1998) | ||1938 – Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (d. 1998) | ||
File:Edward Lorenz.jpg|link=Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|1965: Mathematician [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] | File:Edward Lorenz.jpg|link=Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|1965: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which compute and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1973 – Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter. | ||1973 – Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter. | ||
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|File:John Hoyland Lebanon.jpg|link=John Hoyland (nonfiction)|2016: [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] ''Lebanon'' stolen by supervillain [[Gnotilus]]; painting may hold key to disappearance of ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]''. | |File:John Hoyland Lebanon.jpg|link=John Hoyland (nonfiction)|2016: [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] ''Lebanon'' stolen by supervillain [[Gnotilus]]; painting may hold key to disappearance of ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]''. | ||
File:Cantor Parabola defies the National Security Agency.jpg|link=Cantor Parabola|2017: [[Cantor Parabola]] joins [[Antikythera Team]] board of directors. | |File:Cantor Parabola defies the National Security Agency.jpg|link=Cantor Parabola|2017: [[Cantor Parabola]] joins [[Antikythera Team]] board of directors. | ||
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1616: Mathematician and cryptographer John Wallis born. He will serve as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court.
1910: Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
1924: Mathematician and computer scientist John Backus born. He will invent the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation to define formal language syntax.
1965: Mathematician and crime-fighter Edward Lorenz publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which compute and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.