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File:Elena Piscopia.jpg|link=Elena Cornaro Piscopia (nonfiction)|1684: Mathematician and philosopher [[Elena Cornaro Piscopia (nonfiction)|Elena Cornaro Piscopia]] dies. She was one of the first women to receive an academic degree from a university, and the first to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree. | File:Elena Piscopia.jpg|link=Elena Cornaro Piscopia (nonfiction)|1684: Mathematician and philosopher [[Elena Cornaro Piscopia (nonfiction)|Elena Cornaro Piscopia]] dies. She was one of the first women to receive an academic degree from a university, and the first to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree. | ||
||1711: Lorenz Christoph Mizler born ... physician, mathematician, and historian. Pic search | ||1711: Lorenz Christoph Mizler born ... physician, mathematician, and historian. Pic search. | ||
||1775: The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. | ||1775: The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. | ||
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File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1918: [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] introduced what became known as Noether's theorem, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy. | File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1918: [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] introduced what became known as Noether's theorem, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy. | ||
||1924: John Robert Beyster born ... physicist and academic. Pic search | ||1924: John Robert Beyster born ... physicist and academic. Pic search. | ||
File:Gottlob Frege.jpg|link=Gottlob Frege (nonfiction)|1925: Mathematician, logician, and philosopher [[Gottlob Frege (nonfiction)|Gottlob Frege]] dies. Though largely ignored during his lifetime, his work influenced later generations of logicians and philosophers. | File:Gottlob Frege.jpg|link=Gottlob Frege (nonfiction)|1925: Mathematician, logician, and philosopher [[Gottlob Frege (nonfiction)|Gottlob Frege]] dies. Though largely ignored during his lifetime, his work influenced later generations of logicians and philosophers. | ||
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||1976: Solution to the Four Color Problem. Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken of the University of Illinois communicated their proof of the Four Color Theorem to the "Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society". The proof used over 1000 hours of computer calculation. | ||1976: Solution to the Four Color Problem. Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken of the University of Illinois communicated their proof of the Four Color Theorem to the "Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society". The proof used over 1000 hours of computer calculation. | ||
||1977: Oskar Morgenstern dies ... economist. In collaboration with mathematician John von Neumann, he founded the mathematical field of game theory and its application to economics Pic search: | ||1977: Oskar Morgenstern dies ... economist. In collaboration with mathematician John von Neumann, he founded the mathematical field of game theory and its application to economics Pic search. | ||
||1978: Mary Blair dies ... illustrator and animator ... prominent in producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company. Pic. | |||
||1984: George Gallup dies ... mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company. Pic. | ||1984: George Gallup dies ... mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company. Pic. | ||
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||2003: Hilde Levi dies ... physicist. She was a pioneer of the use of radioactive isotopes in biology and medicine, notably the techniques of radiocarbon dating and autoradiography. In later life she became a scientific historian. Pic. | ||2003: Hilde Levi dies ... physicist. She was a pioneer of the use of radioactive isotopes in biology and medicine, notably the techniques of radiocarbon dating and autoradiography. In later life she became a scientific historian. Pic. | ||
||2003: Ismail Akbay dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic search | ||2003: Ismail Akbay dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic search. | ||
||2004: William A. Mitchell dies ... chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip. | ||2004: William A. Mitchell dies ... chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip. | ||
||2012: Ralph Slatyer dies ... biologist and ecologist ... first Chief Scientist of Australia from 1989 to 1992. Pic search | ||2012: Ralph Slatyer dies ... biologist and ecologist ... first Chief Scientist of Australia from 1989 to 1992. Pic search. | ||
||2013: Harley Flanders dies ... mathematician and academic ... algebra and algebraic number theory, linear algebra, electrical networks, scientific computing. Pic search | ||2013: Harley Flanders dies ... mathematician and academic ... algebra and algebraic number theory, linear algebra, electrical networks, scientific computing. Pic search. | ||
File:Tequila Sunrise.jpg|link=Tequila Sunrise (nonfiction)|2015: ''[[Tequila Sunrise (nonfiction)|Tequila Sunrise]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | File:Tequila Sunrise.jpg|link=Tequila Sunrise (nonfiction)|2015: ''[[Tequila Sunrise (nonfiction)|Tequila Sunrise]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | ||
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1502: Christian Egenolff born. He will be the first important printer and publisher operating from Frankfurt-am-Main.
1525: Philosopher and crime-fighter Cesare Cremonini publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on rationalism and Aristotelian materialism, which he will soon use to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1684: Mathematician and philosopher Elena Cornaro Piscopia dies. She was one of the first women to receive an academic degree from a university, and the first to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
1894: Writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley born. He will be widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time.
1918: Emmy Noether introduced what became known as Noether's theorem, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
1925: Mathematician, logician, and philosopher Gottlob Frege dies. Though largely ignored during his lifetime, his work influenced later generations of logicians and philosophers.
1941: Mathematician and academic Henri Lebesgue dies. He developed a theory of integration which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis).
1948: The WAC Corporal becomes the first US rocket which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants in the ionosphere.
1997: Mathematician and academic Kunihiko Kodaira dies. He did distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, winning the Fields medal in 1954.
2000: Mathematician and academic John Tukey dies. He made important contributions to statistical analysis, including the box plot.
2015: Tequila Sunrise voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.