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||1977: Beniamino Segre dies ... mathematician who is remembered today as a major contributor to algebraic geometry and one of the founders of finite geometry. Pic.
||1977: Beniamino Segre dies ... mathematician who is remembered today as a major contributor to algebraic geometry and one of the founders of finite geometry. Pic.
||1990: Géza Ottlik dies ... mathematician and bridge theorist. His 1979 book ''Adventures in Card Play'', written with Hugh Kelsey, introduced and developed new concepts (such as Backwash squeeze and Entry-shifting squeeze).  Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Géza+Ottlik&oq=Géza+Ottlik


||1996: The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
||1996: The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
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||1998: Olin Jeuck Eggen dies ... astronomer. He became known as one of the best observational astronomers of his time. He will be the first to introduce the now-accepted notion of moving groups of stars, and co-author of a seminal 1962 paper which suggests for the first time that the Milky Way Galaxy had collapsed out of a gas cloud. Pic.
||1998: Olin Jeuck Eggen dies ... astronomer. He became known as one of the best observational astronomers of his time. He will be the first to introduce the now-accepted notion of moving groups of stars, and co-author of a seminal 1962 paper which suggests for the first time that the Milky Way Galaxy had collapsed out of a gas cloud. Pic.


||1999: Tosio Kato dies ... mathematician who worked with partial differential equations, mathematical physics and functional analysis.
||1999: Tosio Kato dies ... mathematician who worked with partial differential equations, mathematical physics and functional analysis. Pic.


||2002: Heinz von Foerster dies ... physicist and philosopher. A polymath, von Foerster gained renown in fields from computer science and artificial intelligence to epistemology, and researched high-speed electronics and electro-optics switching devices as a physicist, and in biophysics, the study of memory and knowledge. He worked on cognition based on neurophysiology, mathematics, and philosophy. Pic.
||2002: Heinz von Foerster dies ... physicist and philosopher. A polymath, von Foerster gained renown in fields from computer science and artificial intelligence to epistemology, and researched high-speed electronics and electro-optics switching devices as a physicist, and in biophysics, the study of memory and knowledge. He worked on cognition based on neurophysiology, mathematics, and philosophy. Pic.

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  • 1588: Philosopher and scientist Bernardino Telesio dies. While his natural theories were later disproven, his emphasis on observation influenced the emergence of the scientific method.

    1588: Philosopher and scientist Bernardino Telesio dies. While his natural theories were later disproven, his emphasis on observation influenced the emergence of the scientific method.

  • 1589: Physician, archaeologist, and crime-fighter Michele Mercati publishes study of prehistoric stone tools, including evidence of prehistoric crimes against mathematical constants.

    1589: Physician, archaeologist, and crime-fighter Michele Mercati publishes study of prehistoric stone tools, including evidence of prehistoric crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1667: Mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton becomes a fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. He had earned his bachelor's degree in 1665 and then spent two years at home in Lincolnshire inventing much of differential and integral calculus while Cambridge was closed due to plague.

    1667: Mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton becomes a fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. He had earned his bachelor's degree in 1665 and then spent two years at home in Lincolnshire inventing much of differential and integral calculus while Cambridge was closed due to plague.

  • 1853: Mathematician and politician François Arago born. He observed that a rotating plate of copper tends to communicate its motion to a magnetic needle suspended over it, an effect now known as eddy current.

    1853: Mathematician and politician François Arago born. He observed that a rotating plate of copper tends to communicate its motion to a magnetic needle suspended over it, an effect now known as eddy current.

  • 1890: Mathematician and crime-fighter Édouard Lucas translates the Fibonacci sequence into a series of Gnomon algorithm functions which will quickly find application in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1890: Mathematician and crime-fighter Édouard Lucas translates the Fibonacci sequence into a series of Gnomon algorithm functions which will quickly find application in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1925: John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.

    1925: John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.

  • 1955: ENIAC retired. After disassembly, parts of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the first general purpose electronic computer, were shipped to the Smithsonian for display.

    1955: ENIAC retired. After disassembly, parts of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the first general purpose electronic computer, were shipped to the Smithsonian for display.

  • 1963: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter John Crank uses the Crank–Nicolson method to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1963: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter John Crank uses the Crank–Nicolson method to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2006: Mathematician and academic Paul Halmos dies. He made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis (in particular, Hilbert spaces).

    2006: Mathematician and academic Paul Halmos dies. He made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis (in particular, Hilbert spaces).

  • 2007: Signed first edition of The Safe-Cracker provides clues which lead to the arrest and imprisonment of math criminals.

    2007: Signed first edition of The Safe-Cracker provides clues which lead to the arrest and imprisonment of math criminals.

  • Two Bugs Fighting voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    Two Bugs Fighting voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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