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||1857: Léon Charles Thévenin born ... telegraph engineer ... He extended Ohm's law to the analysis of complex electrical circuits. Pic.
||1857: Léon Charles Thévenin born ... telegraph engineer ... He extended Ohm's law to the analysis of complex electrical circuits. Pic.
File:Antoine Augustin Cournot.jpg|link=Antoine Augustin Cournot (nonfiction)|1862: Mathematician, philosopher, and crime-fighter [[Antoine Augustin Cournot (nonfiction)|Antoine Augustin Cournot]] uses the ideas of functions and probability to locate and apprehend [[math criminals]].


||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.
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||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.
||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]].


||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.
||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.
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File:John_Lighton_Synge.jpg|link=John Lighton Synge (nonfiction)|1995: Mathematician, physicist, and academic [[John Lighton Synge (nonfiction)|John Lighton Synge]] dies. Synge was a prolific author and influential mentor, and is credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.
File:John_Lighton_Synge.jpg|link=John Lighton Synge (nonfiction)|1995: Mathematician, physicist, and academic [[John Lighton Synge (nonfiction)|John Lighton Synge]] dies. Synge was a prolific author and influential mentor, and is credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.
File:Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter.jpg|link=Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (nonfiction)|1996: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (nonfiction)|Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter]] uses his [[Coxeter's loxodromic sequence of tangent circles (nonfiction)|loxodromic sequence of tangent circles]] to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||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.

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  • 1599: Mathematician Adam Ries dies. Reis wrote textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals.

    1599: Mathematician Adam Ries dies. Reis wrote textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals.

  • 1606: Mathematician and astronomer Vincentio Reinieri born. Reinieri revised and finished the work of Galileo, who before his death placed all of the papers containing his observations and calculations in Reinieri's hands.

    1606: Mathematician and astronomer Vincentio Reinieri born. Reinieri revised and finished the work of Galileo, who before his death placed all of the papers containing his observations and calculations in Reinieri's hands.

  • 1811: Chemist and academic Robert Bunsen born. Bunsen will investigate emission spectra of heated elements, and discover caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861) with the physicist Gustav Kirchhoff.

    1811: Chemist and academic Robert Bunsen born. Bunsen will investigate emission spectra of heated elements, and discover caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861) with the physicist Gustav Kirchhoff.

  • 1886: Mathematician, philosopher, and logician Stanisław Leśniewski born. Leśniewski will posit three nested formal systems, to which he will give the Greek-derived names of protothetic, ontology, and mereology.

    1886: Mathematician, philosopher, and logician Stanisław Leśniewski born. Leśniewski will posit three nested formal systems, to which he will give the Greek-derived names of protothetic, ontology, and mereology.

  • 1892: Mathematician and academic Stefan Banach born. Banach will be one of the founders of modern functional analysis.

    1892: Mathematician and academic Stefan Banach born. Banach will be one of the founders of modern functional analysis.

  • 1944: Physicist Charles Vernon Boys dies. Boys achieved recognition as a scientist for his invention of the fused quartz fiber torsion balance, which allowed him to measure extremely small forces, and is remembered for his careful and innovative experimental work.

    1944: Physicist Charles Vernon Boys dies. Boys achieved recognition as a scientist for his invention of the fused quartz fiber torsion balance, which allowed him to measure extremely small forces, and is remembered for his careful and innovative experimental work.

  • 1995: Mathematician, physicist, and academic John Lighton Synge dies. Synge was a prolific author and influential mentor, and is credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.

    1995: Mathematician, physicist, and academic John Lighton Synge dies. Synge was a prolific author and influential mentor, and is credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.

  • 2018: Math photographer Cantor Parabola attends Minicon 53, taking a series of photographs with temporal superimpositions from Minicons 52 and 54.

    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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