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||1997: Cahit Arf dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
||1997: Cahit Arf dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.


||1997: Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer dies ... physical and theoretical chemist, educator, and university president.[1] He was described as "one of the most influential physical chemists of his era" whose work "spanned almost all of the important fields of physical chemistry: thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, molecular structure, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, chemical bonding, relativistic chemical effects, properties of concentrated aqueous salt solutions, kinetics, and conformational analysis."
||1997: Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer dies ... physical and theoretical chemist, educator, and university president. He was described as "one of the most influential physical chemists of his era" whose work "spanned almost all of the important fields of physical chemistry: thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, molecular structure, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, chemical bonding, relativistic chemical effects, properties of concentrated aqueous salt solutions, kinetics, and conformational analysis." Pic.


||1999: Vitold Belevitch dies ... mathematician and electrical engineer of Russian origin who produced some important work in the field of electrical network theory. Pic.
||1999: Vitold Belevitch dies ... mathematician and electrical engineer of Russian origin who produced some important work in the field of electrical network theory. Pic.

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  • 1791: Polymath Charles Babbage born. He will construct mechanical computers which anticipate the concept of programmable digital computers.

    1791: Polymath Charles Babbage born. He will construct mechanical computers which anticipate the concept of programmable digital computers.

  • 1896: Physician and physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond dies. He discovered nerve action potential, and developed experimental electrophysiology.

    1896: Physician and physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond dies. He discovered nerve action potential, and developed experimental electrophysiology.

  • 1898: Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

    1898: Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

  • 1899: Engineer and crime-fighter Gustave Eiffel uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against physics.

    1899: Engineer and crime-fighter Gustave Eiffel uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against physics.

  • 2006: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal dies. He made fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.

    2006: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal dies. He made fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.

  • 2016: Survey data reveals widespread Scrimshaw binging the day after Christmas.

    2016: Survey data reveals widespread Scrimshaw binging the day after Christmas.

  • 2017: Steganographic analysis of Blue Foliage 2 unexpectedly reveals "at least five kilobytes" of encrypted data.

    2017: Steganographic analysis of Blue Foliage 2 unexpectedly reveals "at least five kilobytes" of encrypted data.

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