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File:Adam Ries.png|link=Adam Ries (nonfiction)|1599: Mathematician [[Adam Ries (nonfiction)|Adam Ries]] dies. He wrote textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals. | File:Adam Ries.png|link=Adam Ries (nonfiction)|1599: Mathematician [[Adam Ries (nonfiction)|Adam Ries]] dies. He wrote textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals. | ||
||1606: Vincentio Reinieri born ... mathematician and astronomer ... Galileo ... Before his death, Galileo decided to place all of the papers containing his observations and calculations in the hands of Reinieri. Reinieri was to finish and revise them. Pic search | ||1606: Vincentio Reinieri born ... mathematician and astronomer ... Galileo ... Before his death, Galileo decided to place all of the papers containing his observations and calculations in the hands of Reinieri. Reinieri was to finish and revise them. Pic search. | ||
||1689: Kazimierz Łyszczyński dies ... Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, landowner in Brest Litovsk Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, philosopher, and soldier in the ranks of the Sapieha family, who was accused, tried, and executed for atheism in 1689. Pic: postage stamp. | ||1689: Kazimierz Łyszczyński dies ... Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, landowner in Brest Litovsk Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, philosopher, and soldier in the ranks of the Sapieha family, who was accused, tried, and executed for atheism in 1689. Pic: postage stamp. | ||
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||1863: Auguste Bravais dies ... physicist known for his work in crystallography, the conception of Bravais lattices, and the formulation of Bravais law. Pic. | ||1863: Auguste Bravais dies ... physicist known for his work in crystallography, the conception of Bravais lattices, and the formulation of Bravais law. Pic. | ||
||1865: Heinrich Rubens born ... physicist. He is known for his measurements of the energy of black-body radiation which led Max Planck to the discovery of his radiation law. This was the genesis of quantum theory. Pic | ||1865: Heinrich Rubens born ... physicist. He is known for his measurements of the energy of black-body radiation which led Max Planck to the discovery of his radiation law. This was the genesis of quantum theory. Pic, also search. | ||
||1867: Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. | ||1867: Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. | ||
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File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|1891: [[On Halting Problems|Asclepius Myrmidon discovers unregistered halting problem]], predicts new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|1891: [[On Halting Problems|Asclepius Myrmidon discovers unregistered halting problem]], predicts new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Stefan Banach.jpg|link=Stefan Banach (nonfiction)|1892: Mathematician and academic [[Stefan Banach (nonfiction)|Stefan Banach]] born. | File:Stefan Banach.jpg|link=Stefan Banach (nonfiction)|1892: Mathematician and academic [[Stefan Banach (nonfiction)|Stefan Banach]] born. Banach will be one of the founders of modern functional analysis. | ||
||1892: Erwin Panofsky born ... art historian, whose academic career was pursued mostly in the U.S. after the rise of the Nazi regime. Panofsky's work represents a high point in the modern academic study of iconography, which he used in hugely influential works like his "little book" Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art and his masterpiece, Early Netherlandish Painting. Pic. | ||1892: Erwin Panofsky born ... art historian, whose academic career was pursued mostly in the U.S. after the rise of the Nazi regime. Panofsky's work represents a high point in the modern academic study of iconography, which he used in hugely influential works like his "little book" Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art and his masterpiece, Early Netherlandish Painting. Pic. | ||
||1894: Sergey Ilyushin born ... engineer, founded Ilyushin Aircraft Company. | ||1894: Sergey Ilyushin born ... engineer, founded Ilyushin Aircraft Company. Pic. | ||
||1899: German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights. | ||1899: German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights. | ||
||1905: Albert Pierrepoint born ... hangman. | ||1905: Albert Pierrepoint born ... English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father, Henry, and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him. Pic. | ||
||1910: Józef Marcinkiewicz born ... soldier, mathematician, and academic. DOD uncertain: probably died in Katyn massacre. Pic. | ||1910: Józef Marcinkiewicz born ... soldier, mathematician, and academic. DOD uncertain: probably died in Katyn massacre. Pic. | ||
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||1919: McGeorge Bundy born ... American intelligence officer and diplomat. Pic. | ||1919: McGeorge Bundy born ... American intelligence officer and diplomat. Pic. | ||
||1919: Robin M. Williams born ... mathematician and academic. | ||1919: Robin M. Williams born ... mathematician and academic, Manhattan Project. Pic search. | ||
||1922: Arthur Wightman born ... mathematical physicist. He was one of the founders of the axiomatic approach to quantum field theory, and originated the set of Wightman axioms. Pic | ||1922: Arthur Wightman born ... mathematical physicist. He was one of the founders of the axiomatic approach to quantum field theory, and originated the set of Wightman axioms. Pic search. | ||
||1929: Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro born ... mathematician. During a career that spanned 60 years he made major contributions to applied science as well as pure mathematics. In the last forty years his research focused on pure mathematics; in particular, analytic number theory, group representations and algebraic geometry. His main contribution and impact was in the area of automorphic forms and L-functions. Pic. | ||1929: Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro born ... mathematician. During a career that spanned 60 years he made major contributions to applied science as well as pure mathematics. In the last forty years his research focused on pure mathematics; in particular, analytic number theory, group representations and algebraic geometry. His main contribution and impact was in the area of automorphic forms and L-functions. Pic. | ||
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||1954: Physicist and academic Fritz London dies. He made fundamental contributions to the theories of chemical bonding and of intermolecular forces (London dispersion forces). With his brother Heinz London, he made a significant contribution to understanding electromagnetic properties of superconductors with the London equations. Pic. | ||1954: Physicist and academic Fritz London dies. He made fundamental contributions to the theories of chemical bonding and of intermolecular forces (London dispersion forces). With his brother Heinz London, he made a significant contribution to understanding electromagnetic properties of superconductors with the London equations. Pic. | ||
||1961: Philibert Jacques Melotte dies ... astronomer. | ||1961: Philibert Jacques Melotte dies ... astronomer. In 1908 he discovered a moon of Jupiter, today known as Pasiphaë. It was simply designated "Jupiter VIII" and was not given its present name until 1975. Pic search. | ||
File:Clifford Shull 1949.jpg|link=Clifford Shull (nonfiction)|1979: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Clifford Shull (nonfiction)|Clifford Shull]] uses the neutron scattering technique to detect and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]]. | File:Clifford Shull 1949.jpg|link=Clifford Shull (nonfiction)|1979: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Clifford Shull (nonfiction)|Clifford Shull]] uses the neutron scattering technique to detect and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]]. | ||
||1980: Cornelis Jacobus (Cor) Gorter dies ... experimental and theoretical physicist. Among other work, he discovered paramagnetic relaxation and was a pioneer in low temperature physics. Pic | ||1980: Cornelis Jacobus (Cor) Gorter dies ... experimental and theoretical physicist. Among other work, he discovered paramagnetic relaxation and was a pioneer in low temperature physics. Pic search. | ||
||1982: Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. | ||1982: Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. | ||
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||2000: George Batchelor dies ... applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist. He is known for the Batchelor vortex and the Batchelor scale. Pic. | ||2000: George Batchelor dies ... applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist. He is known for the Batchelor vortex and the Batchelor scale. Pic. | ||
||2008: Roland Fraïssé dies ... mathematical logician. In his doctorial thesis, Fraïssé used the back-and-forth method to determine whether two model-theoretic structures were elementarily equivalent. This method of determining elementary equivalence was later formulated as the Ehrenfeucht–Fraïssé game. Pic search | ||2008: Roland Fraïssé dies ... mathematical logician. In his doctorial thesis, Fraïssé used the back-and-forth method to determine whether two model-theoretic structures were elementarily equivalent. This method of determining elementary equivalence was later formulated as the Ehrenfeucht–Fraïssé game. Pic search. | ||
||2010: Morris R. Jeppson dies ... American lieutenant and physicist ... Jeppson was a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He served as assistant weaponeer on the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. Pic. | ||2010: Morris R. Jeppson dies ... American lieutenant and physicist ... Jeppson was a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He served as assistant weaponeer on the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. Pic. | ||
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||2017: SpaceX conducts the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket. | ||2017: SpaceX conducts the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket. | ||
||2018: Mathematician and academic Philip J. Davis dies. He was known for his work in numerical analysis and approximation theory, as well as his investigations in the history and philosophy of mathematics. For The Mathematical Experience (1981), Davis and Reuben Hersh will win a National Book Award in Science. Pic | ||2018: Mathematician and academic Philip J. Davis dies. He was known for his work in numerical analysis and approximation theory, as well as his investigations in the history and philosophy of mathematics. For The Mathematical Experience (1981), Davis and Reuben Hersh will win a National Book Award in Science. Pic search. | ||
File:Cantor Parabola.jpg|link=Cantor Parabola|2018: Math photographer [[Cantor Parabola]] attends Minicon 53, taking a series of photographs with temporal superimpositions from Minicons 52 and 54. | File:Cantor Parabola.jpg|link=Cantor Parabola|2018: Math photographer [[Cantor Parabola]] attends Minicon 53, taking a series of photographs with temporal superimpositions from Minicons 52 and 54. | ||
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Revision as of 15:40, 29 March 2020
1599: Mathematician Adam Ries dies. He wrote textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals.
1811: Chemist and academic Robert Bunsen born. He will investigate emission spectra of heated elements, and discover caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861) with the physicist Gustav Kirchhoff.
1862: Mathematician, philosopher, and crime-fighter Antoine Augustin Cournot uses the ideas of functions and probability to locate and apprehend math criminals.
1886: Mathematician, philosopher, and logician Stanisław Leśniewski born. He will posit three nested formal systems, to which he will give the Greek-derived names of protothetic, ontology, and mereology.
1891: Asclepius Myrmidon discovers unregistered halting problem, predicts new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
1892: Mathematician and academic Stefan Banach born. Banach will be one of the founders of modern functional analysis.
1979: Physicist and crime-fighter Clifford Shull uses the neutron scattering technique to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.
1995: Mathematician, physicist, and academic John Lighton Synge dies. He was a prolific author and influential mentor, and is credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.
1996: Mathematician and crime-fighter Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter uses his loxodromic sequence of tangent circles to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
2018: Math photographer Cantor Parabola attends Minicon 53, taking a series of photographs with temporal superimpositions from Minicons 52 and 54.