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||Marie Alfred Cornu (b. March 6, 1841) was a French physicist. The French generally refer to him as Alfred Cornu. | ||Marie Alfred Cornu (b. March 6, 1841) was a French physicist. The French generally refer to him as Alfred Cornu. | ||
||Cesare Arzelà ( | File:Cesare_Arzelà.jpg|link=Cesare Arzelà (nonfiction)|1847: Mathematician [[Cesare Arzelà (nonfiction)|Cesare Arzelà]] born. He will contribute to the theory of functions, notably his characterization of sequences of continuous functions. | ||
||1866 – William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794) | ||1866 – William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794) | ||
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1665: The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
1847: Mathematician Cesare Arzelà born. He will contribute to the theory of functions, notably his characterization of sequences of continuous functions.
1876: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes uses continued fraction theory to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1939: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann dies. He proved (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number.
1981: Modern dance company Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the life of Ayn Rand.
1982: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand dies.
2017: The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling awarded Pulitzer Prize, declared "the most entertaining illustration of the year."