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File:Carl Friedrich Gauss 1840 by Jensen.jpg|link=Carl Friedrich Gauss (nonfiction)|1802: [[Carl Friedrich Gauss (nonfiction)|Carl Friedrich Gauss]] read in the newspaper that Olbers had rediscovered Ceres. Gauss wrote to get the observations and a long friendship ensued. Gauss was such an avid newspaper reader that students nicknamed him the “newspaper bear” because of his habits in the library reading room. If someone was reading the paper he wanted he would sit glumly nearby and stare at them until they gave up the paper. | File:Carl Friedrich Gauss 1840 by Jensen.jpg|link=Carl Friedrich Gauss (nonfiction)|1802: [[Carl Friedrich Gauss (nonfiction)|Carl Friedrich Gauss]] read in the newspaper that Olbers had rediscovered Ceres. Gauss wrote to get the observations and a long friendship ensued. Gauss was such an avid newspaper reader that students nicknamed him the “newspaper bear” because of his habits in the library reading room. If someone was reading the paper he wanted he would sit glumly nearby and stare at them until they gave up the paper. | ||
File:Jacob Bronowski.jpg|link=Jacob Bronowski (nonfiction)|1908: Mathematician, historian of science, theatre author, poet, and inventor [[Jacob Bronowski (nonfiction)|Jacob Bronowski]] born. | |||
File:Sakata Shoichi.jpg|link=Shoichi Sakata (nonfiction)|1911: Physicist [[Shoichi Sakata (nonfiction)|Shoichi Sakata]] born. Sakata will contribute theoretical work on the structure of the atom, proposing the Sakata model, an early precursor to the quark model. After World War II he will campaign for the peaceful uses of nuclear power. | File:Sakata Shoichi.jpg|link=Shoichi Sakata (nonfiction)|1911: Physicist [[Shoichi Sakata (nonfiction)|Shoichi Sakata]] born. Sakata will contribute theoretical work on the structure of the atom, proposing the Sakata model, an early precursor to the quark model. After World War II he will campaign for the peaceful uses of nuclear power. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:16, 17 January 2022
1802: Carl Friedrich Gauss read in the newspaper that Olbers had rediscovered Ceres. Gauss wrote to get the observations and a long friendship ensued. Gauss was such an avid newspaper reader that students nicknamed him the “newspaper bear” because of his habits in the library reading room. If someone was reading the paper he wanted he would sit glumly nearby and stare at them until they gave up the paper.
1908: Mathematician, historian of science, theatre author, poet, and inventor Jacob Bronowski born.
1911: Physicist Shoichi Sakata born. Sakata will contribute theoretical work on the structure of the atom, proposing the Sakata model, an early precursor to the quark model. After World War II he will campaign for the peaceful uses of nuclear power.