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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]]. |
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| ||Christoph Grienberger (also variously spelled Gruemberger, Bamberga, Bamberger, Banbergiera, Gamberger, Ghambergier, Granberger, Panberger) (d. 11 March 1636) was an Austrian Jesuit astronomer, after whom the crater Gruemberger on the Moon is named. | | 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. |
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| 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: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. |
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| ||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: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. |
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| ||1818: Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville born. | | 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. |
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| 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: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. |
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| 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.
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| 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]].
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| ||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.
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| 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.
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| ||1890 – Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (d. 1974)
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| ||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.
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| ||Lucien Lévy (b. 11 March 1892) was a French radio engineer and radio receiver manufacturer. He invented the superheterodyne method of amplifying radio signals, used in almost all AM radio receivers. His patent claim was at first disallowed in the United States in favour of the American Edwin Howard Armstrong, but on appeal Lévy's claim as inventor was accepted in the US. Pic.
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| ||1915 – J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and psychologist (d. 1990)
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| ||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.
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| ||1920 – Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)
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| ||1921 – Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (d. 2005)
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| ||1925 – Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American biochemist and academic (d. 1983) physical chemist and a pioneer in the field of bioinformatics.
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| ||1944 – Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
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| 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.
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| ||Walter Andrew Shewhart (d. March 11, 1967) was an American physicist, engineer and statistician, sometimes known as the father of statistical quality control
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| File:Sir Charles Oatley.jpg|link=Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|1996: Engineer and inventor [[Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|Charles William Oatley]] dies. He developed of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes.
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| 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.
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| ||2015 – Gerald Hurst, American chemist and academic (b. 1937) arson
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