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File:Statue of Ibn Rushd in Cordoba.jpg|link=Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|1126: Polymath [[Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|Ibn Rushd]] (Averoess) born. He will write on logic, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, theology, Islamic jurisprudence, psychology, politics, music theory, geography, mathematics, and the mediæval sciences of medicine, astronomy, physics, and celestial mechanics.
File:Statue of Ibn Rushd in Cordoba.jpg|link=Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|1126: Polymath [[Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|Ibn Rushd]] (Averoess) born. He will write on logic, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, theology, Islamic jurisprudence, psychology, politics, music theory, geography, mathematics, and the mediæval sciences of medicine, astronomy, physics, and celestial mechanics.


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File:Sistine Chapel.jpg|link=Flooding the Sistine Chapel|1659: Proposals to [[Flooding the Sistine Chapel|flood the Sistine chapel]] "are equally useless to Science and Art alike," writes [[Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|Christiaan Huygens]] in a private letter to Pope Alexander VII.
File:Sistine Chapel.jpg|link=Flooding the Sistine Chapel|1659: Proposals to [[Flooding the Sistine Chapel|flood the Sistine chapel]] "are equally useless to Science and Art alike," writes [[Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|Christiaan Huygens]] in a private letter to Pope Alexander VII.


||1678: Abraham Darby I born ... iron master ... developed a method of producing pig iron in a blast furnace fuelled by coke rather than charcoal. This was a major step forward in the production of iron as a raw material for the Industrial Revolution. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=Abraham+Darby+I
||1678: Abraham Darby I born ... iron master ... developed a method of producing pig iron in a blast furnace fuelled by coke rather than charcoal. This was a major step forward in the production of iron as a raw material for the Industrial Revolution. Pic search.


File:Peder Horrebow.jpg|link=Peder Horrebow (nonfiction)|1750: Astronomer, mathematician, and [[APTO]] field engineer [[Peder Horrebow (nonfiction)|Peder Horrebow]] uses the Horrebow-Talcott method to detect and prevent [[Crimes against astronomical constants|crimes against astronomy]].
File:Peder Horrebow.jpg|link=Peder Horrebow (nonfiction)|1750: Astronomer, mathematician, and [[APTO]] field engineer [[Peder Horrebow (nonfiction)|Peder Horrebow]] uses the Horrebow-Talcott method to detect and prevent [[Crimes against astronomical constants|crimes against astronomy]].
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||1882: Baptiste Jules Henri Jacques Giffard dies ... engineer. In 1852 he invented the steam injector and the powered Giffard dirigible airship. Pic.
||1882: Baptiste Jules Henri Jacques Giffard dies ... engineer. In 1852 he invented the steam injector and the powered Giffard dirigible airship. Pic.


||1886: Ralph Elmer Wilson born ... astronomer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Ralph+Elmer+Wilson
||1886: Ralph Elmer Wilson born ... astronomer. Pic search.


File:Johannes Bosscha.jpg|link=Johannes Bosscha (nonfiction)|1890: Physicist and [[APTO]] field engineer [[Johannes Bosscha (nonfiction)|Johannes Bosscha Jr.]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which use galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves to detect and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]].
File:Johannes Bosscha.jpg|link=Johannes Bosscha (nonfiction)|1890: Physicist and [[APTO]] field engineer [[Johannes Bosscha (nonfiction)|Johannes Bosscha Jr.]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which use galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves to detect and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]].
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||1939: ''The Grapes of Wrath'', by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
||1939: ''The Grapes of Wrath'', by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.


||1953: Ronald Wilfred Gurney dies ... theoretical physicist. Gurney discovered alpha decay via quantum tunnelling, together with Edward Condon and independently of George Gamow. DOB uncertain. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Ronald+Wilfred+Gurney
||1953: Ronald Wilfred Gurney dies ... theoretical physicist. Gurney discovered alpha decay via quantum tunnelling, together with Edward Condon and independently of George Gamow. DOB uncertain. Pic search.


||1958: Physicist Karl Lark-Horovitz dies ... known for his pioneering work in solid-state physics that played a role in the invention of the transistor. He brought the previously neglected Physics Department at Purdue University to prominence during his tenure there as department head from 1929 until his death in 1958. Pic.
||1958: Physicist Karl Lark-Horovitz dies ... known for his pioneering work in solid-state physics that played a role in the invention of the transistor. He brought the previously neglected Physics Department at Purdue University to prominence during his tenure there as department head from 1929 until his death in 1958. Pic.
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||1981: STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
||1981: STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.


||1987: Julius Sumner Miller dies ... physicist and academic. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=julius+sumner+miller
||1987: Julius Sumner Miller dies ... physicist and academic. Pic search.


||1994: Salimuzzaman Siddiqui dies ... chemist and scholar. Siddiqui isolated unique chemical compounds from the Neem (Azadirachta indica), Rauwolfia, and various other Asian flora. Pic.
||1994: Salimuzzaman Siddiqui dies ... chemist and scholar. Siddiqui isolated unique chemical compounds from the Neem (Azadirachta indica), Rauwolfia, and various other Asian flora. Pic.

Revision as of 07:40, 14 April 2020

  • 1126: Polymath Ibn Rushd (Averoess) born. He will write on logic, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, theology, Islamic jurisprudence, psychology, politics, music theory, geography, mathematics, and the mediæval sciences of medicine, astronomy, physics, and celestial mechanics.

    1126: Polymath Ibn Rushd (Averoess) born. He will write on logic, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, theology, Islamic jurisprudence, psychology, politics, music theory, geography, mathematics, and the mediæval sciences of medicine, astronomy, physics, and celestial mechanics.

  • 1477: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci accepts commission to build a mechanical soldier powered by time crystals.

    1477: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci accepts commission to build a mechanical soldier powered by time crystals.

  • 1527: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius born. Ortelius will create the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He will also be one of the first to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.

    1527: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius born. Ortelius will create the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He will also be one of the first to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.

  • 1629: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Christiaan Huygens born. He will be a leading scientist of his time.

    1629: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Christiaan Huygens born. He will be a leading scientist of his time.

  • 1659: Proposals to flood the Sistine chapel "are equally useless to Science and Art alike," writes Christiaan Huygens in a private letter to Pope Alexander VII.

    1659: Proposals to flood the Sistine chapel "are equally useless to Science and Art alike," writes Christiaan Huygens in a private letter to Pope Alexander VII.

  • 1750: Astronomer, mathematician, and APTO field engineer Peder Horrebow uses the Horrebow-Talcott method to detect and prevent crimes against astronomy.

    1750: Astronomer, mathematician, and APTO field engineer Peder Horrebow uses the Horrebow-Talcott method to detect and prevent crimes against astronomy.

  • 1890: Physicist and APTO field engineer Johannes Bosscha Jr. publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.

    1890: Physicist and APTO field engineer Johannes Bosscha Jr. publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.

  • 1894: The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.

    1894: The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.

  • 1898: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

    1898: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

  • 1899: Mathematician Gabriel Sudan born. He will discover the Sudan function, an important example in the theory of computation, similar to the Ackermann function.

    1899: Mathematician Gabriel Sudan born. He will discover the Sudan function, an important example in the theory of computation, similar to the Ackermann function.

  • 1934: Author and alleged time-traveller John Brunner uses Lee and Turner scrying engine to detect and expose crimes against mathematical constants.

    1934: Author and alleged time-traveller John Brunner uses Lee and Turner scrying engine to detect and expose crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1935: Mathematician Emmy Noether dies. She made landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.

    1935: Mathematician Emmy Noether dies. She made landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.

  • 1964: Mathematician and theorist Tatyana Afanasyeva dies. She contributed to statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics, and to mathematical education in the Netherlands.

    1964: Mathematician and theorist Tatyana Afanasyeva dies. She contributed to statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics, and to mathematical education in the Netherlands.

  • 2018: Golden Spiral is declared Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2018: Golden Spiral is declared Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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