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||1938 – Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (d. 1998) | ||1938 – Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (d. 1998) | ||
||Felix Bernstein (d. 3 December 1956), mathematician known for proving the Schröder–Bernstein theorem central in set theory in 1896, and less well known for demonstrating the correct blood group inheritance pattern of multiple alleles at one locus in 1924 through statistical analysis. Pic. | |||
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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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1616: Mathematician and cryptographer John Wallis born. He will serve as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court.
1909: Electrical engineers John Havelock and Nikolai Tesla invent new data transmission protocols based on the work of mathematician and cryptographer John Wallis.
1910: Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
1911: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.
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.