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File:Alfred Tarski 1968.jpg|link=Alfred Tarski (nonfiction)|1962: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alfred Tarski (nonfiction)|Alfred Tarski]] publishes new theory of metamathematical analysis which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Alfred Tarski 1968.jpg|link=Alfred Tarski (nonfiction)|1962: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alfred Tarski (nonfiction)|Alfred Tarski]] publishes new theory of metamathematical analysis which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1971: Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel dies ... leading missile designer in the Soviet Union.
||1971: Mikhail Yangel dies ... leading missile designer in the Soviet Union. Pic.


||1997: Mina Spiegel Rees dies ... mathematician. She was a pioneer in the history of computing and helped establish funding streams and institutional infrastructure for research. Pic.
||1997: Mina Spiegel Rees dies ... mathematician. She was a pioneer in the history of computing and helped establish funding streams and institutional infrastructure for research. Pic.

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  • 1647: Physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli dies. He invented the barometer, made advances in optics, and worked on the method of indivisibles.

    1647: Physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli dies. He invented the barometer, made advances in optics, and worked on the method of indivisibles.

  • 1713: Gottfried Leibniz, in a letter to Johann Bernoulli, observed that an alternating series whose terms monotonically decrease to zero in absolute value is convergent.

    1713: Gottfried Leibniz, in a letter to Johann Bernoulli, observed that an alternating series whose terms monotonically decrease to zero in absolute value is convergent.

  • 1923: Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky demonstrates experimental helicopter which uses time crystals (nonfiction) to reduce fuel cost.

    1923: Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky demonstrates experimental helicopter which uses time crystals (nonfiction) to reduce fuel cost.

  • 1927: Writer and alleged troll Culvert Origenes received Pulitzer Prize for his essay on Alice Beta's contributions to Gnomon algorithm theory.

    1927: Writer and alleged troll Culvert Origenes received Pulitzer Prize for his essay on Alice Beta's contributions to Gnomon algorithm theory.

  • 1927: Mathematician, naval engineer, and cryptid-hunter Aleksey Krylov publishes his pioneering theory of efficient computation, later known as Krylon's Gnomon algorithm, which detects and repels aquatic cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter.

    1927: Mathematician, naval engineer, and cryptid-hunter Aleksey Krylov publishes his pioneering theory of efficient computation, later known as Krylon's Gnomon algorithm, which detects and repels aquatic cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter.

  • 1928: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic Peter Naur born. He will contribute to the design, structure, and performance of computer programs and algorithms.

    1928: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic Peter Naur born. He will contribute to the design, structure, and performance of computer programs and algorithms.

  • 1962: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alfred Tarski publishes new theory of metamathematical analysis which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1962: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alfred Tarski publishes new theory of metamathematical analysis which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

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