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||1885: Thomas Andrews dies ... chemist and physicist. | ||1885: Thomas Andrews dies ... chemist and physicist. | ||
||1894: Norbert Wiener born ... mathematician and philosopher. | ||1894: Norbert Wiener born ... mathematician and philosopher. Pic. | ||
||1896: Benjamin Apthorp Gould dies ... astronomer. He is noted for founding the ''Astronomical Journal'', discovering the Gould Belt, and for founding of the Argentine National Observatory and the Argentine National Weather Service. Pic. | |||
||1898: Karl Ziegler born ... chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1898: Karl Ziegler born ... chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||
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1678: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan born. His observations and experiments will inspire the beginning of what will be known as the study of biological circadian rhythms.
1753: Mathematician and APTO theorist Abraham de Moivre publishes new edition of his book on probability theory, The Doctrine of Chances, with an addendum on applications of Gnomon algorithm functions to the psychology of crimes against mathematical constants.
2011: The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.