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File:Thābit's Arabic translation of Apollonius' Conics.jpg|link=Thābit ibn Qurra (nonfiction)|901: Physician, astronomer, and mathematician [[Thābit ibn Qurra (nonfiction)|Thābit ibn Qurra]] dies. He made important discoveries in algebra, geometry, and astronomy; in astronomy, Thabit was one of the first reformers of the Ptolemaic system. | File:Thābit's Arabic translation of Apollonius' Conics.jpg|link=Thābit ibn Qurra (nonfiction)|901: Physician, astronomer, and mathematician [[Thābit ibn Qurra (nonfiction)|Thābit ibn Qurra]] dies. He made important discoveries in algebra, geometry, and astronomy; in astronomy, Thabit was one of the first reformers of the Ptolemaic system. | ||
||1201 | ||1201: Nasir al-Din al-Tusi born ... scientist and writer. Pic: postage stamp. | ||
||1535 | ||1535: Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa dies ... magician, astrologer, and theologian. Pic. | ||
||1547: Bahāʾ al‐Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al‐ʿĀmilī born ... scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He was one of the earliest astronomers in the Islamic world to suggest the possibility of the Earth's movement prior to the spread of the Copernican theory. Pic: tapestry? | ||1547: Bahāʾ al‐Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al‐ʿĀmilī born ... scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He was one of the earliest astronomers in the Islamic world to suggest the possibility of the Earth's movement prior to the spread of the Copernican theory. Pic: tapestry? | ||
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File:Blaise_de_Vigenère.png|link=Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction)|1583: Cryptographer, diplomat, and crime-fighter [[Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction)|Blaise de Vigenère]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to invent a cipher which is resistant to [[mathematical crimes]]. | File:Blaise_de_Vigenère.png|link=Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction)|1583: Cryptographer, diplomat, and crime-fighter [[Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction)|Blaise de Vigenère]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to invent a cipher which is resistant to [[mathematical crimes]]. | ||
||1626 | ||1626: Francesco Redi born ... physician. Pic. | ||
||Jacques Cassini | ||1677: Jacques Cassini born ... astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini. Pic. | ||
||1745 | ||1745: Alessandro Volta born ... physicist, chemist, and a pioneer of electricity and power, who is credited as the inventor of the electrical battery and the discoverer of methane. Pic. | ||
||1766 | ||1766: A mutiny by captive Malagasy begins at sea on the slave ship Meermin, leading to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators. | ||
||1788: John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713). Pic. | ||1788: John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713). Pic. | ||
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File:Antoine Becquerel.jpg|link=Antoine César Becquerel (nonfiction)|1809: Physicist and academic [[Antoine César Becquerel (nonfiction)|Antoine César Becquerel]] uses [[Electricity (nonfiction)|electricity]] to power new type of [[scrying engine]]. | File:Antoine Becquerel.jpg|link=Antoine César Becquerel (nonfiction)|1809: Physicist and academic [[Antoine César Becquerel (nonfiction)|Antoine César Becquerel]] uses [[Electricity (nonfiction)|electricity]] to power new type of [[scrying engine]]. | ||
||1838 | ||1838: Ernst Mach born ... physicist and philosopher. | ||
||Jérôme Eugène Coggia | ||1849: Jérôme Eugène Coggia born ... astronomer and discoverer of asteroids and comets | ||
File:Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi.jpg|link=Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (nonfiction)|1851: Mathematician and academic [[Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (nonfiction)|Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi]] dies. He made fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, dynamics, differential equations, and number theory. | File:Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi.jpg|link=Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (nonfiction)|1851: Mathematician and academic [[Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (nonfiction)|Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi]] dies. He made fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, dynamics, differential equations, and number theory. | ||
||Baron Wilhelm von Biela | ||1856: Baron Wilhelm von Biela dies ... military officer and amateur astronomer. Pic. | ||
||1871 | ||1871: Harry Brearley born ... inventor. | ||
||George Udny Yule | ||1871: George Udny Yule born ... statistician. He will make important contributions to the theory and practice of correlation, regression, and association, as well as to time series analysis. He pioneered the use of preferential attachment stochastic processes to explain the origin of power law distribution. The Yule distribution, a discrete power law, is named after him. Pic. | ||
||1880 | ||1880: Nikolay Zinin dies ... organic chemist. | ||
File:Karl Weierstrass.jpg|link=Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|1881: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|Karl Weierstrass]] publishes new theory of mathematical analysis with applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants. | File:Karl Weierstrass.jpg|link=Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|1881: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|Karl Weierstrass]] publishes new theory of mathematical analysis with applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants. | ||
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File:Marius Sophus Lie.jpg|link=Marius Sophus Lie (nonfiction)|1899: Mathematician and academic [[Marius Sophus Lie (nonfiction)|Marius Sophus Lie]] dies. He largely created the theory of continuous symmetry and applied it to the study of geometry and differential equations. | File:Marius Sophus Lie.jpg|link=Marius Sophus Lie (nonfiction)|1899: Mathematician and academic [[Marius Sophus Lie (nonfiction)|Marius Sophus Lie]] dies. He largely created the theory of continuous symmetry and applied it to the study of geometry and differential equations. | ||
||Eugenio Beltrami | ||1900: Eugenio Beltrami dies ... mathematician notable for his work concerning differential geometry and mathematical physics. His work was noted especially for clarity of exposition. | ||
||Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III | ||1919: Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III born ... mathematician, natural philosopher, and historian of science. | ||
File:Clyde W. Tombaugh.jpg|link=Clyde Tombaugh (nonfiction)|1930: While studying photographs taken in January, astronomer [[Clyde Tombaugh (nonfiction)|Clyde Tombaugh]] discovers Pluto. | File:Clyde W. Tombaugh.jpg|link=Clyde Tombaugh (nonfiction)|1930: While studying photographs taken in January, astronomer [[Clyde Tombaugh (nonfiction)|Clyde Tombaugh]] discovers Pluto. | ||
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File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1930: Mathematician [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which transform theoretical physics into practical physics. | File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1930: Mathematician [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which transform theoretical physics into practical physics. | ||
||1931 | ||1931: Johnny Hart born ... cartoonist, co-created The Wizard of Id. | ||
||1943 | ||1943: World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement. | ||
||1955 | ||1955: Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series. | ||
||Henry Norris Russell | ||1957: Henry Norris Russell dies ... astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (1910). Pic. | ||
||Joseph Gilbert Hamilton | ||1957: Joseph Gilbert Hamilton dies ... professor of Medical Physics, Experimental Medicine, General Medicine, and Experimental Radiology as well as director (1948-1957) of the Crocker Laboratory, part of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. | ||
||1960: Hermann Pokorny dies. He was a World War I Austro-Hungarian Army cryptologist whose work with Russian ciphers contributed substantially to Central Powers victories over Russia. Pic. | ||1960: Hermann Pokorny dies. He was a World War I Austro-Hungarian Army cryptologist whose work with Russian ciphers contributed substantially to Central Powers victories over Russia. Pic. | ||
||1964 | ||1964: Joseph-Armand Bombardier dies ... inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. | ||
File:J. Robert Oppenheimer.jpg|link=J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)|1967: American physicist and academic [[J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)|J. Robert Oppenheimer]] dies. His achievements in physics included the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for molecular wavefunctions, work on the theory of electrons and positrons, the Oppenheimer–Phillips process in nuclear fusion, and the first prediction of quantum tunneling. Oppenheimer has been called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project. | File:J. Robert Oppenheimer.jpg|link=J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)|1967: American physicist and academic [[J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)|J. Robert Oppenheimer]] dies. His achievements in physics included the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for molecular wavefunctions, work on the theory of electrons and positrons, the Oppenheimer–Phillips process in nuclear fusion, and the first prediction of quantum tunneling. Oppenheimer has been called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project. | ||
||1970 | ||1970: The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. | ||
||1973 | ||1973: Frank Costello dies ... gangster. | ||
||1977 | ||1977: The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747. | ||
||1981 | ||1981: Jack Northrop dies ... engineer and businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation ... Flying wing. | ||
||2001 | ||2001: FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. | ||
File:Clock Head 2.jpg|link=Clock Head 2|2017: Steganographic analysis of [[Clock Head 2]] illustration reveal "nearly a gigabyte of encrypted data." | File:Clock Head 2.jpg|link=Clock Head 2|2017: Steganographic analysis of [[Clock Head 2]] illustration reveal "nearly a gigabyte of encrypted data." |
Revision as of 17:24, 7 November 2018
901: Physician, astronomer, and mathematician Thābit ibn Qurra dies. He made important discoveries in algebra, geometry, and astronomy; in astronomy, Thabit was one of the first reformers of the Ptolemaic system.
1583: Cryptographer, diplomat, and crime-fighter Blaise de Vigenère uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to invent a cipher which is resistant to mathematical crimes.
1809: Physicist and academic Antoine César Becquerel uses electricity to power new type of scrying engine.
1851: Mathematician and academic Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi dies. He made fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, dynamics, differential equations, and number theory.
1881: Mathematician and crime-fighter Karl Weierstrass publishes new theory of mathematical analysis with applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.
1899: Mathematician and academic Marius Sophus Lie dies. He largely created the theory of continuous symmetry and applied it to the study of geometry and differential equations.
1930: While studying photographs taken in January, astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
1930: Mathematician Emmy Noether publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which transform theoretical physics into practical physics.
1967: American physicist and academic J. Robert Oppenheimer dies. His achievements in physics included the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for molecular wavefunctions, work on the theory of electrons and positrons, the Oppenheimer–Phillips process in nuclear fusion, and the first prediction of quantum tunneling. Oppenheimer has been called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project.
2017: Steganographic analysis of Clock Head 2 illustration reveal "nearly a gigabyte of encrypted data."
2018: Signed first edition of Cowries sells for twenty-two thousand dollars in charity benefit for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.