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File:Pieter Rijke.jpg|link=Pieter Rijke (nonfiction)|1899: Physicist and academic [[Pieter Rijke (nonfiction)|Petrus Leonardus Rijke]] dies. He explored the physics of electricity, and is known for the Rijke tube (which turns heat into sound, by creating a self-amplifying standing wave).
File:Pieter Rijke.jpg|link=Pieter Rijke (nonfiction)|1899: Physicist and academic [[Pieter Rijke (nonfiction)|Petrus Leonardus Rijke]] dies. He explored the physics of electricity, and is known for the Rijke tube (which turns heat into sound, by creating a self-amplifying standing wave).


||1903: Edwin T. Layton born ... Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, who is most noted for his work as an intelligence officer during and before World War II. Pic.
File:Edwin_T._Layton.jpg|link=Edwin T. Layton (nonfiction)|1903: United States Navy Admiral [[Edwin T. Layton (nonfiction)|Edwin Thomas Layton]] born. Layton will serve as a Naval intelligence officer before and during World War II.


||1914: Heinz Billing born ... physicist and computer scientist, widely considered a pioneer in the construction of computer systems and computer data storage, who built a prototype laser interferometric gravitational wave detector. Pic.
||1914: Heinz Billing born ... physicist and computer scientist, widely considered a pioneer in the construction of computer systems and computer data storage, who built a prototype laser interferometric gravitational wave detector. Pic.

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  • 1761: Mathematician, philosopher, and minister Thomas Bayes dies. He is remembered for having formulated a specific case of the theorem that bears his name: Bayes' theorem.

    1761: Mathematician, philosopher, and minister Thomas Bayes dies. He is remembered for having formulated a specific case of the theorem that bears his name: Bayes' theorem.

  • 1788: Mathematician and APTO field engineer Louis François Antoine Arbogast defeats the Forbidden Ratio in single combat by separating the symbols of operation from those of quantity.

    1788: Mathematician and APTO field engineer Louis François Antoine Arbogast defeats the Forbidden Ratio in single combat by separating the symbols of operation from those of quantity.

  • 1811: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Hasan Tahsini born. He will become one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.

    1811: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Hasan Tahsini born. He will become one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.

  • 1860: Physicist and crime-fighter Ernst Ruhmer invents a camera which uses the light-sensitivity properties of selenium to record images from past and future events. This type of camera is popular with math photographers, notably Cantor Parabola.

    1860: Physicist and crime-fighter Ernst Ruhmer invents a camera which uses the light-sensitivity properties of selenium to record images from past and future events. This type of camera is popular with math photographers, notably Cantor Parabola.

  • 1866: Mathematician Erik Ivar Fredholm born. He will introduce and analyze a class of integral equations now called Fredholm equations. Fredholm's work on integral equations and operator theory will anticipate the theory of Hilbert spaces.

    1866: Mathematician Erik Ivar Fredholm born. He will introduce and analyze a class of integral equations now called Fredholm equations. Fredholm's work on integral equations and operator theory will anticipate the theory of Hilbert spaces.

  • 1867: Gem detective Niles Cartouchian works with Hasan Tahsini to recover stolen shipment of time crystals (nonfiction).

    1867: Gem detective Niles Cartouchian works with Hasan Tahsini to recover stolen shipment of time crystals (nonfiction).

  • 1889: Mathematician Paul David Gustav du Bois-Reymond dies. He worked on the theory of functions and in mathematical physics.

    1889: Mathematician Paul David Gustav du Bois-Reymond dies. He worked on the theory of functions and in mathematical physics.

  • 1899: Physicist and academic Petrus Leonardus Rijke dies. He explored the physics of electricity, and is known for the Rijke tube (which turns heat into sound, by creating a self-amplifying standing wave).

    1899: Physicist and academic Petrus Leonardus Rijke dies. He explored the physics of electricity, and is known for the Rijke tube (which turns heat into sound, by creating a self-amplifying standing wave).

  • 1903: United States Navy Admiral Edwin Thomas Layton born. Layton will serve as a Naval intelligence officer before and during World War II.

    1903: United States Navy Admiral Edwin Thomas Layton born. Layton will serve as a Naval intelligence officer before and during World War II.

  • 2014: Mathematician and academic Tim Cochran born. He will contribute to topology, especially low-dimensional topology, the theory of knots and links and associated algebra.

    2014: Mathematician and academic Tim Cochran born. He will contribute to topology, especially low-dimensional topology, the theory of knots and links and associated algebra.

  • 1995: Mathematician and crime-fighter Donald Erik Sarason combines Hardy space theory with Vanishing mean oscillation (VMO); in the process, he will discover radical new techniques for detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1995: Mathematician and crime-fighter Donald Erik Sarason combines Hardy space theory with Vanishing mean oscillation (VMO); in the process, he will discover radical new techniques for detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1995: Math photographer Cantor Parabola takes a series of photographs which capture temporal superimpositions from physicist and academic Petrus Leonardus Rijke in the form of a self-amplifying standing wave.

    1995: Math photographer Cantor Parabola takes a series of photographs which capture temporal superimpositions from physicist and academic Petrus Leonardus Rijke in the form of a self-amplifying standing wave.

  • 2009: Game designer Dave Arneson dies. He co-created the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax.

    2009: Game designer Dave Arneson dies. He co-created the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax.

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