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||1662 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (d. 1729) | ||1662 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (d. 1729) | ||
File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|1675: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] publishes new theory of equations with applications in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathmetical constants]]. | |||
||1724 – Franz Aepinus, German astronomer and philosopher (d. 1802) | ||1724 – Franz Aepinus, German astronomer and philosopher (d. 1802) | ||
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||2004 – David Wheeler, English computer scientist and academic (b. 1927) | ||2004 – David Wheeler, English computer scientist and academic (b. 1927) | ||
File:Ridley-Scott-researching-Alien.jpg|link=Ridley Scott|2012: Documentary film-maker [[Ridley Scott]] meets his Kickstarter goal for new film named ''[[Alien (film) (nonfiction)|Alien]]''. | ||File:Ridley-Scott-researching-Alien.jpg|link=Ridley Scott|2012: Documentary film-maker [[Ridley Scott]] meets his Kickstarter goal for new film named ''[[Alien (film) (nonfiction)|Alien]]''. | ||
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Revision as of 17:01, 13 December 2017
1516: Polymath Johannes Trithemius dies. He is remembered as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer, and occultist.
1675: Mathematician and crime-fighter John Pell publishes new theory of equations with applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathmetical constants.
1887: Mathematician George Pólya born. He will make fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory.