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File:Imre Lakatos.jpg|link=Imre Lakatos (nonfiction)|1974: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic [[Imre Lakatos (nonfiction)|Imre Lakatos]] dies. He is known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its 'methodology of proofs and refutations' in its pre-axiomatic stages of development.
File:Imre Lakatos.jpg|link=Imre Lakatos (nonfiction)|1974: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic [[Imre Lakatos (nonfiction)|Imre Lakatos]] dies. He is known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its 'methodology of proofs and refutations' in its pre-axiomatic stages of development.


||1980: William Howard Stein dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1980: William Howard Stein dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... with Christian Boehmer Anfinsen and Stanford Moore, for their work on ribonuclease and for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the ribonuclease molecule. Pic.


||1996: Otis Ray McIntire born ... engineer. After graduating from the University of Kansas with a BSc degree in engineering in 1940, he went to work as a research engineer for The Dow Chemical Company. During World War II, when rubber was in short supply, McIntire's work focused on developing a rubber-like substance that could be used as a flexible insulator. In an experiment, in which he combined styrene with isobutylene, he created a unique material that was solid yet flexible due to the tiny bubbles formed by isobutylene within the styrene. McIntire had invented foam polystyrene, more commonly known by its brand name, Styrofoam Pic: https://www.geni.com/people/Otis-Mac-McIntire/335726453760006055
||1996: Otis Ray McIntire born ... engineer. After graduating from the University of Kansas with a BSc degree in engineering in 1940, he went to work as a research engineer for The Dow Chemical Company. During World War II, when rubber was in short supply, McIntire's work focused on developing a rubber-like substance that could be used as a flexible insulator. In an experiment, in which he combined styrene with isobutylene, he created a unique material that was solid yet flexible due to the tiny bubbles formed by isobutylene within the styrene. McIntire had invented foam polystyrene, more commonly known by its brand name, Styrofoam Pic: https://www.geni.com/people/Otis-Mac-McIntire/335726453760006055

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  • 1768: Mathematician and mechanician Charles Étienne Louis Camus dies. He was the author of Cours de mathématiques (Paris, 1766), along with a number of essays on mathematical and mechanical subjects.

    1768: Mathematician and mechanician Charles Étienne Louis Camus dies. He was the author of Cours de mathématiques (Paris, 1766), along with a number of essays on mathematical and mechanical subjects.

  • 1786: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Jacques Philippe Marie Binet born. He will make significant contributions to number theory, and the mathematical foundations of matrix algebra.

    1786: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Jacques Philippe Marie Binet born. He will make significant contributions to number theory, and the mathematical foundations of matrix algebra.

  • 1829: Inventor, engineer, and philanthropist William Stanley born. He will design and manufacture precision drawing and mathematical instruments, as well as surveying instruments and telescopes.

    1829: Inventor, engineer, and philanthropist William Stanley born. He will design and manufacture precision drawing and mathematical instruments, as well as surveying instruments and telescopes.

  • 1882: Mathematician Joseph Wedderburn born. He will make significant contributions to algebra, proving that a finite division algebra is a field, and proving part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras.

    1882: Mathematician Joseph Wedderburn born. He will make significant contributions to algebra, proving that a finite division algebra is a field, and proving part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras.

  • 1900: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

    1900: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

  • 1905: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand born.

    1905: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand born.

  • 1908: Mathematician, engineer, and crime-fighter Agner Krarup Erlang publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use telephone network analysis to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1908: Mathematician, engineer, and crime-fighter Agner Krarup Erlang publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use telephone network analysis to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1950: Mathematician and author Constantin Carathéodory dies. He pioneered the axiomatic formulation of thermodynamics along a purely geometrical approach.

    1950: Mathematician and author Constantin Carathéodory dies. He pioneered the axiomatic formulation of thermodynamics along a purely geometrical approach.

  • 1969: New evidence suggests that The Eel Escapes Hydrolab is based on actual events.

    1969: New evidence suggests that The Eel Escapes Hydrolab is based on actual events.

  • 1970: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist Bertrand Russell dies.

    1970: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist Bertrand Russell dies.

  • 1974: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Imre Lakatos dies. He is known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its 'methodology of proofs and refutations' in its pre-axiomatic stages of development.

    1974: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Imre Lakatos dies. He is known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its 'methodology of proofs and refutations' in its pre-axiomatic stages of development.

  • 2016: Steganographic analysis of Three Kings reveals "at least five hundred and twelve kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

    2016: Steganographic analysis of Three Kings reveals "at least five hundred and twelve kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 2017: Mathematician Bertram Kostant dies. He was one of the principal developers of the theory of geometric quantization.

    2017: Mathematician Bertram Kostant dies. He was one of the principal developers of the theory of geometric quantization.

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