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||1915: Ivan Morton Niven dies ... mathematician, specializing in number theory.  Pic.
||1915: Ivan Morton Niven dies ... mathematician, specializing in number theory.  Pic.


File:Igor Sikorsky 1914.jpg|link=Igor Sikorsky (nonfiction)|1923: Aircraft designer [[Igor Sikorsky (nonfiction)|Igor Sikorsky]] demonstrates experimental helicopter which uses [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals (nonfiction)]] to reduce fuel cost.
=ile:Peter_Naur.jpg|link=Peter Naur (nonfiction)|1928: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic [[Peter Naur (nonfiction)|Peter]] Naur born. He will contribute to the design, structure, and performance of computer programs and algorithms.
 
File:Culvert Origenes.jpg|link=Culvert Origenes|1927: Writer and alleged troll [[Culvert Origenes]] received Pulitzer Prize for his essay on [[Alice Beta]]'s contributions to [[Gnomon algorithm]] theory.
 
File:Alexey Krylov 1910s.jpg|link=Aleksey Krylov (nonfiction)|1927: Mathematician, naval engineer, and cryptid-hunter [[Aleksey Krylov (nonfiction)|Aleksey Krylov]] publishes his pioneering theory of efficient computation, later known as [[Gnomon algorithm|Krylon's Gnomon algorithm]], which detects and repels aquatic cryptid and alleged supervillain [[Neptune Slaughter]].
 
File:Peter_Naur.jpg|link=Peter Naur (nonfiction)|1928: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic [[Peter Naur (nonfiction)|Peter]] Naur born. He will contribute to the design, structure, and performance of computer programs and algorithms.


||1929: Astronomer and academic Roger John Tayler born. astronomer. In his scientific work, Professor Tayler made important contributions to stellar structure and evolution, plasma stability, nucleogenesis and cosmology. Pic search.
||1929: Astronomer and academic Roger John Tayler born. astronomer. In his scientific work, Professor Tayler made important contributions to stellar structure and evolution, plasma stability, nucleogenesis and cosmology. Pic search.
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|File:Tunguska-Preservation-TV.jpg|link=Tunguska Event Preservation Society|1962: The [[Tunguska Event Preservation Society]] launches fundraiser to simulate the 1927 Tunguska expedition.
|File:Tunguska-Preservation-TV.jpg|link=Tunguska Event Preservation Society|1962: The [[Tunguska Event Preservation Society]] launches fundraiser to simulate the 1927 Tunguska expedition.
File:Alfred Tarski 1968.jpg|link=Alfred Tarski (nonfiction)|1962: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alfred Tarski (nonfiction)|Alfred Tarski]] publishes new theory of metamathematical analysis which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1883: Karl von Terzaghi born ... geologist and engineer. Pic.
||1883: Karl von Terzaghi born ... geologist and engineer. Pic.

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  • 1647: Physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli dies. He invented the barometer, made advances in optics, and worked on the method of indivisibles.

    1647: Physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli dies. He invented the barometer, made advances in optics, and worked on the method of indivisibles.

  • 1713: Gottfried Leibniz, in a letter to Johann Bernoulli, observed that an alternating series whose terms monotonically decrease to zero in absolute value is convergent.

    1713: Gottfried Leibniz, in a letter to Johann Bernoulli, observed that an alternating series whose terms monotonically decrease to zero in absolute value is convergent.

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    1928: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic Peter Naur born. He will contribute to the design, structure, and performance of computer programs and algorithms.

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