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||1901: Grete Hermann born ... mathematician and philosopher. Pic. | ||1901: Grete Hermann born ... mathematician and philosopher. Pic. | ||
||1902: Edward Condon born ... physicist and academic ... nuclear physicist, a pioneer in quantum mechanics, and a participant in the development of radar and nuclear weapons during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. | ||1902: Edward Condon born ... physicist and academic ... nuclear physicist, a pioneer in quantum mechanics, and a participant in the development of radar and nuclear weapons during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. The Franck–Condon principle and the Slater–Condon rules are co-named after him. Pic. | ||
||1905: James J. Stoker born ... applied mathematician and engineer. He was director of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and is considered one of the founders of the institute, Courant and Friedrichs being the others. Stoker is known for his work in differential geometry and theory of water waves. He is also the author of the now classic book Water Waves: The Mathematical Theory with Applications. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=James+J.+Stoker | |||
||1910: Charles Pisot born ... mathematician. He is chiefly recognized as one of the primary investigators of the numerical set associated with his name, the Pisot–Vijayaraghavan numbers. Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/PictDisplay/Pisot.html | ||1910: Charles Pisot born ... mathematician. He is chiefly recognized as one of the primary investigators of the numerical set associated with his name, the Pisot–Vijayaraghavan numbers. Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/PictDisplay/Pisot.html | ||
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1453: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Engel born. He will publish numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.
1478: Artist, inventor, and crime-fighter Leonardo da Vinci writes a letter to Johannes Engel, suggesting the need for an almanac of crimes against astronomical constants.
1791: Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore telegraph machine in Paris.
1911: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington builds new type of scrying engine which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants.
1972: The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
1997: Mathematician Jordan Carson Mark dies. He oversaw the development of nuclear weapons for the US military, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s.
2017: Famed gem detective Niles Cartouchian captures supervillain Fugitive Rubies.