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File:Peter_Twinn.jpg|link=Peter Twinn (nonfiction)|2004: Mathematician and entomologist [[Peter Twinn (nonfiction)|Peter Twinn]] born. During the Second World War, he will be the first professional mathematician recruited by the British Government Code and Cypher School. Twinn will also be first British cryptographer to read a German military Enigma message, having obtained vital information from Polish cryptanalysts in July 1939. Twinn will say that "It was a trifling exercise, but I repeat for the umpteenth time, no credit to me."
File:Peter_Twinn.jpg|link=Peter Twinn (nonfiction)|1916: Mathematician and entomologist [[Peter Twinn (nonfiction)|Peter Twinn]] born. During the Second World War, he will be the first professional mathematician recruited by the British Government Code and Cypher School.


File:Georg Cantor 1894.png|link=Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician and philosopher [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]] publishes new [[Set theory (nonfiction)|theory of sets]] derived from [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]."
File:Georg Cantor 1894.png|link=Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician and philosopher [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]] publishes new [[Set theory (nonfiction)|theory of sets]] derived from [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]."

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  • 1799: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian Maria Gaetana Agnesi dies. She is credited with writing the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus.

    1799: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian Maria Gaetana Agnesi dies. She is credited with writing the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus.

  • 1848: Astronomer Caroline Herschel dies. She discovered several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet, which bears her name.

    1848: Astronomer Caroline Herschel dies. She discovered several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet, which bears her name.

  • 1894: New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts. (Shown here: another telephone exchange circa 1900.)

    1894: New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts. (Shown here: another telephone exchange circa 1900.)

  • 1916: Mathematician and entomologist Peter Twinn born. During the Second World War, he will be the first professional mathematician recruited by the British Government Code and Cypher School.

    1916: Mathematician and entomologist Peter Twinn born. During the Second World War, he will be the first professional mathematician recruited by the British Government Code and Cypher School.

  • 1917: Mathematician and philosopher Georg Cantor publishes new theory of sets derived from Gnomon algorithm functions. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants."

    1917: Mathematician and philosopher Georg Cantor publishes new theory of sets derived from Gnomon algorithm functions. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants."

  • 1918: Scientist, inventor, and educator Charles-Émile Reynaud dies. He invented the Praxinoscope (an improved zoetrope) and was responsible for the first projected animated films.

    1918: Scientist, inventor, and educator Charles-Émile Reynaud dies. He invented the Praxinoscope (an improved zoetrope) and was responsible for the first projected animated films.

  • 1923: Engineer, inventor, and pilot Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.

    1923: Engineer, inventor, and pilot Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.

  • 1955: Mathematician and criminologist J. H. C. Whitehead publishes a new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1955: Mathematician and criminologist J. H. C. Whitehead publishes a new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2018: The Museum of Greedy algorithms runs over budget, demands emergency bailout from APTO (Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization).

    2018: The Museum of Greedy algorithms runs over budget, demands emergency bailout from APTO (Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization).

  • 1989: Mathematician Marshall Harvey Stone dies. He contributed to real analysis, functional analysis, topology, and the study of Boolean algebra structures.

    1989: Mathematician Marshall Harvey Stone dies. He contributed to real analysis, functional analysis, topology, and the study of Boolean algebra structures.

  • 2020: Reaching voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2020: Reaching voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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