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||On the night of March 11, 1437 A.D., in what is now modern-day Seoul, a new star appeared in the sky, seemingly out of nowhere. The newcomer shone for 14 days before fading into the darkness. Korean astronomers noted the mysterious star and its brief stint in the sky in their records.  
File:Nova_Scorpii_1437_AD.jpg|link=Nova Scorpii AD 1437 (nonfiction)|1437: Korean astronomers record the appearance of a new star, which shines for fourteen days before dimming. This astronomical event will later be known as [[Nova Scorpii AD 1437 (nonfiction)|Nova Scorpii AD 1437]].


File:Urbain Le Verrier.jpg|link=Urbain Le Verrier (nonfiction)|1811: Mathematician and astronomer [[Urbain Le Verrier (nonfiction)|Urbain Le Verrier]] born.  He will predict the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event which will be widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.
File:Urbain Le Verrier.jpg|link=Urbain Le Verrier (nonfiction)|1811: Mathematician and astronomer [[Urbain Le Verrier (nonfiction)|Urbain Le Verrier]] born.  Le Verrier will predict the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event which will be widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.


||Philip James de Loutherbourg RA (d. 1812), whose name is sometimes given in the French form of Philippe-Jacques, the German form of Philipp Jakob, or with the English-language epithet of the Younger, was a Franco-British painter who became known for his large naval works, his elaborate set designs for London theatres, and his invention of a mechanical theatre called the "Eidophusikon".
File:Joseph Bertrand.jpg|link=Joseph Bertrand (nonfiction)|1822: Mathematician, economist, and academic [[Joseph Bertrand (nonfiction)|Joseph Louis François Bertrand]] born. Bertrand will contribute to number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics.


||1818: Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville born.
File:Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus|1823: Publication of ''[[Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]'' causes widespread debate about the role of private citizens in fighting crimes against mathematical constants.


File:William Blake by John Flaxman c1804.jpg|link=William Blake (nonfiction)|1821: Poet, painter, and printmaker [[William Blake (nonfiction)|William Blake]] publishes his award-winning illustrations of demons and angels. A generation later, mathematicians will discover hidden clues to imminent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Vannevar_Bush_(between_1940_and_1944).jpg|link=Vannevar Bush (nonfiction)|1890: Engineer and academic [[Vannevar Bush (nonfiction)|Vannevar Bush]] born. Bush develop the Differential Analyzer, initiate the [[Manhattan Project (nonfiction)|Manhattan Project]] and oversee government mobilization of scientific research during World War II, and make pioneering contributions to computer science.


File:Joseph Bertrand.jpg|link=Joseph Bertrand (nonfiction)|1822: Mathematician, economist, and academic [[Joseph Bertrand (nonfiction)|Joseph Louis François Bertrand]] born. He will work in the fields of number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics.
File:Alexander Fleming.jpg|link=Alexander Fleming (nonfiction)|1955: Biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist [[Alexander Fleming (nonfiction)|Alexander Fleming]] dies. Fleming discovered the enzyme lysozyme in 1923, and the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.


File:Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus|1823: Publication of ''[[Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]'' causes widespread debate about the role of private citizens in fighting [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
||Salvatore Pincherle (b. March 11, 1853) was an Italian mathematician. He contributed significantly to (and arguably helped to found) the field of functional analysis, established the Italian Mathematical Union (Italian: "Unione Matematica Italiana"), and was president of the Third International Congress of Mathematicians. The Pincherle derivative is named after him.
File:Harry Laughlin.jpg|link=Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|1880: American eugenicist and sociologist [[Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|Harry H. Laughlin]] born. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.
||1890 – Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (d. 1974)
||Michael Polanyi, FRS (b. 11 March 1891) was a Hungarian-British polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. He argued that positivism supplies a false account of knowing, which if taken seriously undermines humanity's highest achievements.
||1915 – J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and psychologist (d. 1990)
||1920 – Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Nicolaas "Nico" Bloembergen (March 11, 1920 – September 5, 2017) was a Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate, recognized for his work in developing driving principles behind nonlinear optics for laser spectroscopy.[1] During his career, he was a professor at both Harvard University and later at the University of Arizona. Bloembergen shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arthur Schawlow, along with Kai Siegbahn for his laser spectroscopy work.
||1920 – Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)
||1921 – Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (d. 2005)
||1925 – Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American biochemist and academic (d. 1983) physical chemist and a pioneer in the field of bioinformatics.
||1944 – Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
File:Philo T Farnsworth.jpg|link=Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|1971: Inventor [[Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|Philo Farnsworth]] dies. He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.
||Walter Andrew Shewhart (d. March 11, 1967) was an American physicist, engineer and statistician, sometimes known as the father of statistical quality control
File:Rudolph Hell.gif|link=Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|2002: Inventor and engineer [[Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|Rudolf Hell]] dies. He invented the [[Hellschreiber (nonfiction)|Hellschreiber]] teleprinter system.
||2015 – Gerald Hurst, American chemist and academic (b. 1937) arson
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Latest revision as of 09:58, 11 March 2022

  • 1437: Korean astronomers record the appearance of a new star, which shines for fourteen days before dimming. This astronomical event will later be known as Nova Scorpii AD 1437.

    1437: Korean astronomers record the appearance of a new star, which shines for fourteen days before dimming. This astronomical event will later be known as Nova Scorpii AD 1437.

  • 1811: Mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier born. Le Verrier will predict the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event which will be widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.

    1811: Mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier born. Le Verrier will predict the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event which will be widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.

  • 1822: Mathematician, economist, and academic Joseph Louis François Bertrand born. Bertrand will contribute to number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics.

    1822: Mathematician, economist, and academic Joseph Louis François Bertrand born. Bertrand will contribute to number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics.

  • 1823: Publication of Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus causes widespread debate about the role of private citizens in fighting crimes against mathematical constants.

    1823: Publication of Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus causes widespread debate about the role of private citizens in fighting crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1890: Engineer and academic Vannevar Bush born. Bush develop the Differential Analyzer, initiate the Manhattan Project and oversee government mobilization of scientific research during World War II, and make pioneering contributions to computer science.

    1890: Engineer and academic Vannevar Bush born. Bush develop the Differential Analyzer, initiate the Manhattan Project and oversee government mobilization of scientific research during World War II, and make pioneering contributions to computer science.

  • 1955: Biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist Alexander Fleming dies. Fleming discovered the enzyme lysozyme in 1923, and the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.

    1955: Biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist Alexander Fleming dies. Fleming discovered the enzyme lysozyme in 1923, and the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.

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