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File:Christopher Polhem painted by Johan Henrik Scheffel 1741.jpg|link=Christopher Polhem (nonfiction)|1751: Scientist, inventor, and industrialist [[Christopher Polhem (nonfiction)|Christopher Polhem]] dies. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining. | File:Christopher Polhem painted by Johan Henrik Scheffel 1741.jpg|link=Christopher Polhem (nonfiction)|1751: Scientist, inventor, and industrialist [[Christopher Polhem (nonfiction)|Christopher Polhem]] dies. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining. | ||
||1703: Jean-Louis Calandrini born ... scientist ... professor of mathematics and philosophy. He was the author of some studies on the aurora borealis, comets, and the effects of lightning, as well as of an important but unpublished work on flat and spherical trigonometry. He also wrote a commentary on the Principia of Isaac Newton. Pic. | ||1703: Jean-Louis Calandrini born ... scientist ... professor of mathematics and philosophy. He was the author of some studies on the aurora borealis, comets, and the effects of lightning, as well as of an important but unpublished work on flat and spherical trigonometry. He also wrote a commentary on the Principia of Isaac Newton. Pic. | ||
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||1899: Gaston Tissandier dies ... chemist, meteorologist, aviator and editor. Adventurer could be added to the list of his titles, as he managed to escape besieged Paris by balloon in September 1870. He founded and edited the scientific magazine ''La Nature'' and wrote several books. Pic. | ||1899: Gaston Tissandier dies ... chemist, meteorologist, aviator and editor. Adventurer could be added to the list of his titles, as he managed to escape besieged Paris by balloon in September 1870. He founded and edited the scientific magazine ''La Nature'' and wrote several books. Pic. | ||
File:Olga Taussky-Todd.jpg|link=Olga Taussky-Todd (nonfiction)|1906: Mathematician and academic [[Olga Taussky-Todd (nonfiction)|Olga Taussky-Todd]] born. She will contribute to matrix theory (in particular the computational stability of complex matrices), algebraic number theory, group theory, and numerical analysis. | File:Olga Taussky-Todd.jpg|link=Olga Taussky-Todd (nonfiction)|1906: Mathematician and academic [[Olga Taussky-Todd (nonfiction)|Olga Taussky-Todd]] born. She will contribute to matrix theory (in particular the computational stability of complex matrices), algebraic number theory, group theory, and numerical analysis. | ||
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||1912: Edward Mills Purcell born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... independent discovery (published 1946) of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has become widely used to study the molecular structure of pure materials and the composition of mixtures. Pic. | ||1912: Edward Mills Purcell born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... independent discovery (published 1946) of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has become widely used to study the molecular structure of pure materials and the composition of mixtures. Pic. | ||
||1912: Nancy Wake born ... captain and espionage agent. Pic. | |||
||1918: Sergey Afanasyev born ... engineer, space and defence industry executive, the first Minister of the Soviet-era Ministry of General Machine Building. Pic. | ||1918: Sergey Afanasyev born ... engineer, space and defence industry executive, the first Minister of the Soviet-era Ministry of General Machine Building. Pic. | ||
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||2016: Mathematician and academic William A. Veech dies ... research concerned dynamical systems; he is particularly known for his work on interval exchange transformations, and is the namesake of the Veech surface. Pic: https://www.ias.edu/scholars/william-veech | ||2016: Mathematician and academic William A. Veech dies ... research concerned dynamical systems; he is particularly known for his work on interval exchange transformations, and is the namesake of the Veech surface. Pic: https://www.ias.edu/scholars/william-veech | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:28, 7 February 2022
1751: Scientist, inventor, and industrialist Christopher Polhem dies. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.
1844: Astronomer Francis Baily dies. He observed "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse (1836).
1884: Chemist and academic Theodor Svedberg born. He will be awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering use of analytical ultracentrifugation to distinguish pure proteins from one another.
1906: Mathematician and academic Olga Taussky-Todd born. She will contribute to matrix theory (in particular the computational stability of complex matrices), algebraic number theory, group theory, and numerical analysis.
1940: Physicist, academic, and Nobel laureate J. J. Thomson dies. His research in cathode rays led to the discovery of the electron. Thomson also discovered the first evidence for isotopes of a stable element.
1954: The Worcester Lunch Car Company's Research Division announces daily Flying Diner breakfast and dinner flights between San Francisco and New Minneapolis.
2013: Poet, playwright, translator, and lecturer Seamus Heaney dies. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.