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||1669: Rembrandt dies ... painter and illustrator. Pic. | ||1669: Rembrandt dies ... painter and illustrator. Pic. | ||
||1759: Louis François Antoine Arbogast born ... mathematician and academic. Pic search | ||1759: Louis François Antoine Arbogast born ... mathematician and academic. Pic search. | ||
||1841: Thomas Corwin Mendenhall born ... autodidact physicist and meteorologist. Pic. | ||1841: Thomas Corwin Mendenhall born ... autodidact physicist and meteorologist. Pic. | ||
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||1881: George Constantinescu born ... scientist, engineer and inventor. During his career, he registered over 130 inventions. He is the creator of the theory of sonics, a new branch of continuum mechanics, in which he described the transmission of mechanical energy through vibrations. Pic. | ||1881: George Constantinescu born ... scientist, engineer and inventor. During his career, he registered over 130 inventions. He is the creator of the theory of sonics, a new branch of continuum mechanics, in which he described the transmission of mechanical energy through vibrations. Pic. | ||
||1892: Hermann Glauert born ... aerodynamicist and author. | ||1892: Hermann Glauert born ... aerodynamicist and author. His book '''The Elements of Aerofoil and Airscrew Theory''' was the single most important instrument for spreading airfoil and wing theory around the English speaking world. Pic search. | ||
||1895: Richard Sorge born ... journalist and spy. | ||1895: Richard Sorge born ... journalist and spy. Pic search. | ||
||1900: Nikolai Vasilyevich Smirnov born ... mathematician who contributed to probability theory and statistics. Smirnov is known, with Sergey Korolev, for the Korolev-Smirnov test. Pic search | ||1900: Nikolai Vasilyevich Smirnov born ... mathematician who contributed to probability theory and statistics. Smirnov is known, with Sergey Korolev, for the Korolev-Smirnov test. Pic search. | ||
File:John Atanasov.gif|link=John Vincent Atanasoff (nonfiction)|1903: Physicist, inventor, and academic [[John Vincent Atanasoff (nonfiction)|John Vincent Atanasoff]] born. He will invent the Atanasoff–Berry computer, the first electronic digital computer. | File:John Atanasov.gif|link=John Vincent Atanasoff (nonfiction)|1903: Physicist, inventor, and academic [[John Vincent Atanasoff (nonfiction)|John Vincent Atanasoff]] born. He will invent the Atanasoff–Berry computer, the first electronic digital computer. | ||
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||1904: Cyril Stanley Smith born ... metallurgist who in 1943-44 determined the properties and technology of plutonium and uranium, the essential materials in the atomic bombs that were first exploded in 1945. Smith already then had 15 years of experience as a research metallurgist with the American Brass Co., during which time he studied properties of alloys and their microstructure. In WW II, he joined the Los Alamos Laboratory at its inception (1943). The properties and technology of plutonium had to be conducted with extremely limited quantities of available material. Smith and his group found it was unique, with five different allotropic forms with huge density differences between them. Postwar, he organized the Institute for the Study of Metal at the Univ. of Chicago. Pic. | ||1904: Cyril Stanley Smith born ... metallurgist who in 1943-44 determined the properties and technology of plutonium and uranium, the essential materials in the atomic bombs that were first exploded in 1945. Smith already then had 15 years of experience as a research metallurgist with the American Brass Co., during which time he studied properties of alloys and their microstructure. In WW II, he joined the Los Alamos Laboratory at its inception (1943). The properties and technology of plutonium had to be conducted with extremely limited quantities of available material. Smith and his group found it was unique, with five different allotropic forms with huge density differences between them. Postwar, he organized the Institute for the Study of Metal at the Univ. of Chicago. Pic. | ||
||1904: Carl Josef Bayer dies ... chemist and academic. | ||1904: Carl Josef Bayer dies ... chemist and academic. Pic search. | ||
||1906: Mary Celine Fasenmyer born ... mathematician. | ||1906: Mary Celine Fasenmyer born ... mathematician. | ||
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||1909: Eugene George Rochow born ... inorganic chemist. Rochow worked on organosilicon chemistry; in the 1940s, he described the direct process, also known as the Rochow process or Müller-Rochow process. Pic. | ||1909: Eugene George Rochow born ... inorganic chemist. Rochow worked on organosilicon chemistry; in the 1940s, he described the direct process, also known as the Rochow process or Müller-Rochow process. Pic. | ||
||1916: Vitaly Ginzburg born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1916: Vitaly Ginzburg born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||1918: Kenichi Fukui born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1918: Kenichi Fukui born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||1926: Kazuhiko Nishijima born ... physicist who made significant contributions to particle physics. Pic. | ||1926: Kazuhiko Nishijima born ... physicist who made significant contributions to particle physics. Pic. | ||
||1928: Alvin Toffler born ... writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide. He is regarded as one of the world's outstanding futurists. Pic. | |||
File:Max Planck 1878.gif|link=Max Planck (nonfiction)|1947: Physicist and academic [[Max Planck (nonfiction)|Max Planck]] dies. He made many contributions to theoretical physics, and earned fame as the originator of quantum theory. | File:Max Planck 1878.gif|link=Max Planck (nonfiction)|1947: Physicist and academic [[Max Planck (nonfiction)|Max Planck]] dies. He made many contributions to theoretical physics, and earned fame as the originator of quantum theory. | ||
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||1992: Zoltán Lajos Bay dies ... physicist, professor, and engineer who developed technologies, including tungsten lamps and microwave devices. Pic. | ||1992: Zoltán Lajos Bay dies ... physicist, professor, and engineer who developed technologies, including tungsten lamps and microwave devices. Pic. | ||
||2000: Michael Smith dies ... biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||2000: Michael Smith dies ... biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||2004: SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space. | ||2004: SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space. | ||
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||2005: Ronald Samuel Rivlin dies ... physicist, mathematician, rheologist and a noted expert on rubber. Pic. | ||2005: Ronald Samuel Rivlin dies ... physicist, mathematician, rheologist and a noted expert on rubber. Pic. | ||
||2009: Bronisław Żurakowski dies ... pilot and engineer. Pic. | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:16, 7 February 2022
1903: Physicist, inventor, and academic John Vincent Atanasoff born. He will invent the Atanasoff–Berry computer, the first electronic digital computer.
1947: Physicist and academic Max Planck dies. He made many contributions to theoretical physics, and earned fame as the originator of quantum theory.
1957: Clock Head 2 stops math criminals from interfering with the launch of Sputnik 1.
1957: Space Race: Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.