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||1204 – Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (b. 1135)
||1204: Maimonides dies ... rabbi and philosopher.


File:Johannes Trithemius.jpg|link=Johannes Trithemius (nonfiction)|1516: Polymath [[Johannes Trithemius (nonfiction)|Johannes Trithemius]] dies. He is remembered as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer, and occultist.
File:Johannes Trithemius.jpg|link=Johannes Trithemius (nonfiction)|1516: Polymath [[Johannes Trithemius (nonfiction)|Johannes Trithemius]] dies. He is remembered as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer, and occultist.


||1557 – Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Italian mathematician and engineer (b. 1499)
||1557: Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia dies ... mathematician and engineer.


||Robert Plot (b. 13 December 1640) was an English naturalist, first Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum. Pic.
||1640: Robert Plot born ... naturalist, first Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum. Pic.


||1662 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (d. 1729)
||1662: Francesco Bianchini born ... astronomer and philosopher.


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 mathematical constants]].
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 mathematical constants]].


||1724 – Franz Aepinus, German astronomer and philosopher (d. 1802)
||1724: Franz Aepinus born ... astronomer and philosopher.


||Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (b. 13 December 1780) was a German chemist who is best known for work that foreshadowed the periodic law for the chemical elements and inventing the first lighter, which was known as the Döbereiner's lamp. Pic.
||1780: Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner born ... chemist who is best known for work that foreshadowed the periodic law for the chemical elements and inventing the first lighter, which was known as the Döbereiner's lamp. Pic.


||1783 – Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer and demographer (b. 1717). Pic.
||1783: Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin dies ... astronomer and demographer. Pic.


||1816 – Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens (d. 1892)
||1816: Werner von Siemens born ... engineer and businessman, founded Siemens.


||Francesco Brioschi (d. 13 December 1897) was an Italian mathematician.
||1848: Enrico Forlanini born ... engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, known for his works on helicopters, aircraft, hydrofoils and dirigibles.


||Enrico Forlanini (b. 13 December 1848) was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, known for his works on helicopters, aircraft, hydrofoils and dirigibles.
||1867: Kristian Birkeland born ... physicist and author.


||1867 – Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and author (d. 1917)
||1870: William Chauvenet dies ... mathematics, astronomy, navigation, and surveying who was instrumental in the establishment of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and later the second chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis. Pic.


||William Chauvenet (d. 13 December 1870) was a professor of mathematics, astronomy, navigation, and surveying who was instrumental in the establishment of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and later the second chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis. Pic.
||1885: Annie Dale Biddle Andrews born ... mathematician.


||1885 – Annie Dale Biddle Andrews, American mathematician (d. 1940)
File:George_Pólya_circa_1973.jpg|link=George Pólya (nonfiction)|1887: Mathematician [[George Pólya (nonfiction)|George Pólya]] born.  He will make fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory.


File:George_Pólya_circa_1973.jpg|link=George Pólya (nonfiction)|1887: Mathematician [[George Pólya (nonfiction)|George Pólya]] born. He will make fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory.
||1888: Alfred Landé born ... physicist known for his contributions to quantum theory. He is responsible for the Landé g-factor and an explanation of the Zeeman effect.
 
||1891: Jean Servais Stas dies ... chemist, notable for his accurate determinations of atomic weights. He had worked under the direction of Dumas, with whom he established the atomic weight of carbon. Stas worked assiduously to make more accurate measurements of other atomic weights than had ever been done before. Stas wished to prove the hypothesis of Joseph Proust, that all atoms were conglomerations of hydrogen atoms, though this could not be achieved. Stas was probably the most skillful chemical analyst of the nineteenth century. Pic.


||Alfred Landé (b. 13 December 1888) was a German-American physicist known for his contributions to quantum theory. He is responsible for the Landé g-factor and an explanation of the Zeeman effect.
||1895: Ányos Jedlik dies ... physicist and engineer.


||1895 – Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)
||1897: Francesco Brioschi dies ... mathematician.


||1908 – Elizabeth Alexander, British geologist, academic, and physicist (d. 1958)
||1908: Elizabeth Alexander born ... geologist, academic, and physicist.


||1911 – Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
||1911: Trygve Haavelmo born ... economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1919 – Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (b. 1850)
||1919: Woldemar Voigt dies ... physicist and academic.


||Max Noether (d. 13 December 1921) was a German mathematician who worked on algebraic geometry and the theory of algebraic functions. He has been called "one of the finest mathematicians of the nineteenth century". He was the father of Emmy Noether. Pic.
||1921: Max Noether dies ... mathematician who worked on algebraic geometry and the theory of algebraic functions. He has been called "one of the finest mathematicians of the nineteenth century". He was the father of Emmy Noether. Pic.


||David Gale (b. December 13, 1921) was an American mathematician and economist. He was a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, affiliated with the departments of mathematics, economics, and industrial engineering and operations research. He has contributed to the fields of mathematical economics, game theory, and convex analysis.
||1921: David Gale born ... mathematician and economist. He was a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, affiliated with the departments of mathematics, economics, and industrial engineering and operations research. He has contributed to the fields of mathematical economics, game theory, and convex analysis.


||1923 – Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
||1923: Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... alive August 2018 ... philosophy of science through his writings on emergent phenomena.


||1927 – Mehmet Nadir, Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
||1927: Mehmet Nadir dies ... mathematician and academic.


||1930 – Fritz Pregl, Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
||1930: Fritz Pregl dies ... chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1935 – Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
||1935: Victor Grignard dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1950 – Abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1902)
||1950: Abraham Wald dies ... mathematician and academic.


||1962 – NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.
||1962: NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.


||1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.
||1972: Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.


||Geneve Lucy Angela Shaffer (d. December 13, 1976) was a American realtor, lecturer and author. In 1909 she was touted by the San Francisco Call as "the first woman in the world to sail in a flying machine".
||1976: Geneve Lucy Angela Shaffer dies ... realtor, lecturer and author. In 1909 she was touted by the San Francisco Call as "the first woman in the world to sail in a flying machine".


||2004 – David Wheeler, English computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)
||2004: David Wheeler dies ... computer scientist and academic.


||Akiva Moiseevich Yaglom (d. 13 December 2007) was a Soviet and Jewish physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist. He was known for his contributions to the statistical theory of turbulence and theory of random processes. Pic.
||2007: Akiva Moiseevich Yaglom dies ... physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist. He was known for his contributions to the statistical theory of turbulence and theory of random processes. Pic.


||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 15:45, 16 August 2018

  • 1516: Polymath Johannes Trithemius dies. He is remembered as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer, and occultist.

    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 mathematical constants.

    1675: Mathematician and crime-fighter John Pell publishes new theory of equations with applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1887: Mathematician George Pólya born. He will make fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory.

    1887: Mathematician George Pólya born. He will make fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory.

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