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File:Emanuel Swedenborg.png|link=Emanuel Swedenborg (nonfiction)|1688: Astronomer, philosopher, theologian, and mystic [[Emanuel Swedenborg (nonfiction)|Emanuel Swedenborg]] born. | File:Emanuel Swedenborg.png|link=Emanuel Swedenborg (nonfiction)|1688: Astronomer, philosopher, theologian, and mystic [[Emanuel Swedenborg (nonfiction)|Emanuel Swedenborg]] born. In later life he will receive scientific knowledge in a spontaneous manner from angels. | ||
||1697 (o.s.) Newton received two challenge problems from Johann Bernoulli, one being the Brachistochrone problem published in Acta eruditorum the previous June and addressed “to the shrewdest mathematicians in the world.” The next day Newton posted his solution to the Royal Society. When Bernoulli saw the anonymous solution he recognized it as “ex ungue leonem” (as the lion is recognized by his paw). *Westfall, Never at Rest, pg 581 https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/01/on-this-day-in-math-january-29.html | ||1697 (o.s.) Newton received two challenge problems from Johann Bernoulli, one being the Brachistochrone problem published in Acta eruditorum the previous June and addressed “to the shrewdest mathematicians in the world.” The next day Newton posted his solution to the Royal Society. When Bernoulli saw the anonymous solution he recognized it as “ex ungue leonem” (as the lion is recognized by his paw). *Westfall, Never at Rest, pg 581 https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/01/on-this-day-in-math-january-29.html | ||
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||1715: Bernard Lamy dies ... mathematician and theologian. Pic. | ||1715: Bernard Lamy dies ... mathematician and theologian. Pic. | ||
||1810: Ernst | File:Ernst Kummer.jpg|link=Ernst Kummer (nonfiction)|1810: Mathematician [[Ernst Kummer (nonfiction)|Ernst Kummer]] born. Kummer will contribute to abstract algebra; in ring theory, he will introduce the term ''ideal''. | ||
||1817: William Ferrel born ... meteorologist, developed theories which explained the mid-latitude atmospheric circulation cell in detail, and it is after him that the Ferrel cell is named. Pic. | ||1817: William Ferrel born ... meteorologist, developed theories which explained the mid-latitude atmospheric circulation cell in detail, and it is after him that the Ferrel cell is named. Pic. | ||
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||1824: Even right at the end of his life, former President Thomas Jefferson was still reporting on the current news in mathematics. On this day he writes to Patrick K. Rogers concerning the abandonment of fluxional calculus at Cambridge in favour of the Leibnizian notation. Pic. "The English generally have been very stationary in later times, and the French, on the contrary, so active and successful, particularly in preparing elementary books, in mathematics and natural sciences, that those who wish for instruction without caring from what nation they get it, resort universally to the latter language. Besides the earlier and invaluable works of Euler and Bezout, we have latterly that of Lacroix in mathematics, of Legendre in geometry, . . . to say nothing of the many detached essays of Monge and others, and the transcendent labours of Laplace, and I am informed by a highly instructed person recently from Cambridge, that the mathematicians of that institution, sensible of being in the rear of those of the continent, and ascribing the cause much to their long-continued preference of the geometrical over the analytical methods, which the French have so long cultivated and improved, have now adopted the latter; and that they have also given up the fluxionary, for the differential calculus. " *John Fauval, Lecture at Univ of Va. https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/01/on-this-day-in-math-january-29.html | ||1824: Even right at the end of his life, former President Thomas Jefferson was still reporting on the current news in mathematics. On this day he writes to Patrick K. Rogers concerning the abandonment of fluxional calculus at Cambridge in favour of the Leibnizian notation. Pic. "The English generally have been very stationary in later times, and the French, on the contrary, so active and successful, particularly in preparing elementary books, in mathematics and natural sciences, that those who wish for instruction without caring from what nation they get it, resort universally to the latter language. Besides the earlier and invaluable works of Euler and Bezout, we have latterly that of Lacroix in mathematics, of Legendre in geometry, . . . to say nothing of the many detached essays of Monge and others, and the transcendent labours of Laplace, and I am informed by a highly instructed person recently from Cambridge, that the mathematicians of that institution, sensible of being in the rear of those of the continent, and ascribing the cause much to their long-continued preference of the geometrical over the analytical methods, which the French have so long cultivated and improved, have now adopted the latter; and that they have also given up the fluxionary, for the differential calculus. " *John Fauval, Lecture at Univ of Va. https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/01/on-this-day-in-math-january-29.html | ||
||1827: Eugene Schieffelin born ... belonged to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society and the New York Zoological Society. He was responsible for introducing the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) to North America. No pics online. | ||1827: Eugene Schieffelin born ... belonged to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society and the New York Zoological Society. He was responsible for introducing the European starling (''Sturnus vulgaris'') to North America. No pics online. | ||
||1834: US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute. | ||1834: US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute. | ||
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||1864: Claude "Claudius" Crozet dies ... soldier, educator, and civil engineer. He worked as a professor of engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York; during this time he will (by some accounts) be the first to use the chalkboard as an instructional tool. Pic. | ||1864: Claude "Claudius" Crozet dies ... soldier, educator, and civil engineer. He worked as a professor of engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York; during this time he will (by some accounts) be the first to use the chalkboard as an instructional tool. Pic. | ||
||1880: Philibert Jacques Melotte born ... 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. | |||
||1881: Microbiologist Alice Catherine Evans born. she investigated bacteriology in milk and cheese. She later demonstrated that ''Bacillus abortus'' caused the disease Brucellosis (undulant fever or Malta fever) in both cattle and humans. Pic. | ||1881: Microbiologist Alice Catherine Evans born. she investigated bacteriology in milk and cheese. She later demonstrated that ''Bacillus abortus'' caused the disease Brucellosis (undulant fever or Malta fever) in both cattle and humans. Pic. | ||
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||1888: Sydney Chapman born ... mathematician and geophysicist. Pic. | ||1888: Sydney Chapman born ... mathematician and geophysicist. Pic. | ||
File:Edward Lear.jpg|link=Edward Lear (nonfiction)|1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]] dies. | File:Edward Lear.jpg|link=Edward Lear (nonfiction)|1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]] dies. Lear is remembered mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form he popularized. | ||
||1901: Allen B. DuMont born ... electronics engineer, scientist and inventor best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube in 1931 for use in television receivers. Seven years later he manufactured and sold the first commercially practical television set to the public. Pic. | ||1901: Allen B. DuMont born ... electronics engineer, scientist and inventor best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube in 1931 for use in television receivers. Seven years later he manufactured and sold the first commercially practical television set to the public. Pic. | ||
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||1910: Charles Todd dies ... worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory 1841–1847 and the Cambridge University observatory from 1847 to 1854. He then worked on telegraphy and undersea cables. Pic. | ||1910: Charles Todd dies ... worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory 1841–1847 and the Cambridge University observatory from 1847 to 1854. He then worked on telegraphy and undersea cables. Pic. | ||
||1916: World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins. | ||1916: World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins. | ||
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File:Abdus Salam 1987.jpg|link=Abdus Salam (nonfiction)|1926: Theoretical physicist [[Abdus Salam (nonfiction)|Mohammad Abdus Salam]] born. He will share the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory. | File:Abdus Salam 1987.jpg|link=Abdus Salam (nonfiction)|1926: Theoretical physicist [[Abdus Salam (nonfiction)|Mohammad Abdus Salam]] born. He will share the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory. | ||
||1928: Joseph Kruskal born ... mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2010). Pic | ||1928: Joseph Kruskal born ... mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2010). Pic search. | ||
||1928: Onorato Timothy O'Meara born ... mathematician known for his work in number theory, linear groups and quadratic forms. Pic search: | ||1928: Onorato Timothy O'Meara born ... mathematician known for his work in number theory, linear groups and quadratic forms. Pic search: O’Meara Alt spelling | ||
File:Paul Sally 2008.jpg|link=Paul Sally (nonfiction)|1933: Mathematician and academic [[Paul Sally (nonfiction)|Paul Sally]] born. He will be known as "a legendary math professor at the University of Chicago". | File:Paul Sally 2008.jpg|link=Paul Sally (nonfiction)|1933: Mathematician and academic [[Paul Sally (nonfiction)|Paul Sally]] born. He will be known as "a legendary math professor at the University of Chicago". | ||
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File:Alice Beta.jpg|link=Alice Beta|1940: [[Alice Beta]] predicts that mathematician and computer scientist [[Andrzej Trybulec (nonfiction)|Andrzej Trybulec]] will make "incalculable contributions to the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]." | File:Alice Beta.jpg|link=Alice Beta|1940: [[Alice Beta]] predicts that mathematician and computer scientist [[Andrzej Trybulec (nonfiction)|Andrzej Trybulec]] will make "incalculable contributions to the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]." | ||
File:Andrzej Trybulec.jpg|link=Andrzej Trybulec|1941: Mathematician and computer scientist [[Andrzej Trybulec (nonfiction)|Andrzej Trybulec]] born. He will develop the Mizar system: a formal language for writing mathematical definitions and proofs, a proof assistant which is able to mechanically check proofs written in this language, and a library of formalized mathematics which can be used in the proof of new theorems. | File:Andrzej Trybulec.jpg|link=Andrzej Trybulec (nonfiction)|1941: Mathematician and computer scientist [[Andrzej Trybulec (nonfiction)|Andrzej Trybulec]] born. He will develop the Mizar system: a formal language for writing mathematical definitions and proofs, a proof assistant which is able to mechanically check proofs written in this language, and a library of formalized mathematics which can be used in the proof of new theorems. | ||
||1962: William Francis Gray Swann dies ... physicist. Pic search | ||1962: William Francis Gray Swann dies ... physicist. Pic search. | ||
||1970 Yuri Matiyasevich presents proof of Hilbert's 10th Problem. Having been frustrated by the problem, he had given up hope of solving it. In December of the previous year after having been asked to review an article by Julia Robinson, he was inspired by the novelty of her approach and went back to work on H10. By Jan 3, 1970 he had a proof. He would present the proof on January 29, 1970 https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/01/on-this-day-in-math-january-29.html | ||1970 Yuri Matiyasevich presents proof of Hilbert's 10th Problem. Having been frustrated by the problem, he had given up hope of solving it. In December of the previous year after having been asked to review an article by Julia Robinson, he was inspired by the novelty of her approach and went back to work on H10. By Jan 3, 1970 he had a proof. He would present the proof on January 29, 1970 https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/01/on-this-day-in-math-january-29.html | ||
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||1982: Microbiologist and academic Roger Stanier dies. Stanier was influential in the development of modern microbiology; he made important contributions to the taxonomy of bacteria, including the classification of blue-green algae as cyanobacteria. Pic. | ||1982: Microbiologist and academic Roger Stanier dies. Stanier was influential in the development of modern microbiology; he made important contributions to the taxonomy of bacteria, including the classification of blue-green algae as cyanobacteria. Pic. | ||
||1984: Mathematician and academic John Macnaghten Whittaker dies. He worked in complex analysis, and also contributed to the cardinal function theory of his father, E. T. Whittaker. Pic search: | ||1984: Mathematician and academic John Macnaghten Whittaker dies. He worked in complex analysis, and also contributed to the cardinal function theory of his father, E. T. Whittaker. Pic search. | ||
File:When Herring Met Salad.jpg|link=When Herring Met Salad|1989: Premiere of '''''[[When Herring Met Salad]]''''', an American romantic comedy film about a chef (Billy Crystal) and a restaurateur (Meg Ryan) which follows the their lives from the time they meet in Chicago just before sharing a cross-country drive, through twelve years of opening new restaurants in New York City. The film addresses but fails to resolve questions along the lines of "Can men and women ever open a restaurant together?" | |||
||1999: Mathematician and academic Viktor Aleksandrovich Gorbunov dies. He will work in algebraic systems, publishing applications of quasivarieties to graphs, convex geometries, and formal languages. No wiki, | ||1999: Mathematician and academic Viktor Aleksandrovich Gorbunov dies. He will work in algebraic systems, publishing applications of quasivarieties to graphs, convex geometries, and formal languages. No wiki, Pic search. | ||
||2015: Colleen McCullough dies ... neuroscientist, author, and academic. Pic. | ||2015: Colleen McCullough dies ... neuroscientist, author, and academic. Pic. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:04, 27 January 2022
1688: Astronomer, philosopher, theologian, and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg born. In later life he will receive scientific knowledge in a spontaneous manner from angels.
1810: Mathematician Ernst Kummer born. Kummer will contribute to abstract algebra; in ring theory, he will introduce the term ideal.
1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear dies. Lear is remembered mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form he popularized.
1926: Theoretical physicist Mohammad Abdus Salam born. He will share the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory.
1933: Mathematician and academic Paul Sally born. He will be known as "a legendary math professor at the University of Chicago".
1934: Chemist Fritz Haber dies. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber–Bosch process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas. Haber also did pioneering work in chemical warfare, weaponizing chlorine and other poisonous gases during World War I.
1940: Alice Beta predicts that mathematician and computer scientist Andrzej Trybulec will make "incalculable contributions to the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants."
1941: Mathematician and computer scientist Andrzej Trybulec born. He will develop the Mizar system: a formal language for writing mathematical definitions and proofs, a proof assistant which is able to mechanically check proofs written in this language, and a library of formalized mathematics which can be used in the proof of new theorems.
1989: Premiere of When Herring Met Salad, an American romantic comedy film about a chef (Billy Crystal) and a restaurateur (Meg Ryan) which follows the their lives from the time they meet in Chicago just before sharing a cross-country drive, through twelve years of opening new restaurants in New York City. The film addresses but fails to resolve questions along the lines of "Can men and women ever open a restaurant together?"