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||Michael Polanyi, FRS (b. 11 March 1891) was a Hungarian-British polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. He argued that positivism supplies a false account of knowing, which if taken seriously undermines humanity's highest achievements. | ||Michael Polanyi, FRS (b. 11 March 1891) was a Hungarian-British polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. He argued that positivism supplies a false account of knowing, which if taken seriously undermines humanity's highest achievements. | ||
||Lucien Lévy (b. 11 March 1892) was a French radio engineer and radio receiver manufacturer. He invented the superheterodyne method of amplifying radio signals, used in almost all AM radio receivers. His patent claim was at first disallowed in the United States in favour of the American Edwin Howard Armstrong, but on appeal Lévy's claim as inventor was accepted in the US. Pic. | |||
||1915 – J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and psychologist (d. 1990) | ||1915 – J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and psychologist (d. 1990) | ||
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1811: Mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier born. He will predict the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event which will be widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.
1821: Poet, painter, and printmaker William Blake publishes his award-winning illustrations of demons and angels. A generation later, mathematicians will discover hidden clues to imminent crimes against mathematical constants.
1822: Mathematician, economist, and academic Joseph Louis François Bertrand born. He will work in the fields of number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics.
1823: Publication of Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus causes widespread debate about the role of private citizens in fighting crimes against mathematical constants.
1880: American eugenicist and sociologist Harry H. Laughlin born. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.
1971: Inventor Philo Farnsworth dies. He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.
1996: Engineer and inventor Charles William Oatley dies. He developed of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes.
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2002: Inventor and engineer Rudolf Hell dies. He invented the Hellschreiber teleprinter system.