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||1749: William Jones dies ... mathematician and academic. No DOB. Pic.
||1749: William Jones dies ... mathematician and academic. No DOB. Pic.
File:Jean-Jacques Rousseau.jpg|link=Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|1777: Philosopher and author [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] warns that "the Enlightenment itself, built as it is on the certainties of mathematics and logic, now stands in peril from the generation of [[math criminals]] now coming of age."


||1782: Pierre Berthier born ... mineralogist and mining engineer who discovered bauxite (aluminium ore) on 23 Mar 1821 near the village Les Baux de Provence in southern France. On 24 May 1806, he joined the central laboratory at the Board of Mines. From 1816, he was chief of the laboratory at the École des Mines, and professor of assaying. Berthier analyzed kaolin along with dozens of other minerals and ores. He sought out phosphate deposits valuable for agriculture. He published a treatise (1834) of practical analytical procedures that were widely used by other mineralogists. In another field, Berthier noticed - before Mitscherlich - that isomorphism occurred whereby chemically different substances can have the same crystalline form and even co-crystallize. Pic.
||1782: Pierre Berthier born ... mineralogist and mining engineer who discovered bauxite (aluminium ore) on 23 Mar 1821 near the village Les Baux de Provence in southern France. On 24 May 1806, he joined the central laboratory at the Board of Mines. From 1816, he was chief of the laboratory at the École des Mines, and professor of assaying. Berthier analyzed kaolin along with dozens of other minerals and ores. He sought out phosphate deposits valuable for agriculture. He published a treatise (1834) of practical analytical procedures that were widely used by other mineralogists. In another field, Berthier noticed - before Mitscherlich - that isomorphism occurred whereby chemically different substances can have the same crystalline form and even co-crystallize. Pic.
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||1897: Jesse Douglas born ... mathematician and academic. He will contribute a general solution of the Problem of Plateau, which asks whether a minimal surface exists for a given boundary. The problem, open since 1760 when Lagrange raised it, is part of the calculus of variations and is also known as the soap bubble problem. Pic search.
||1897: Jesse Douglas born ... mathematician and academic. He will contribute a general solution of the Problem of Plateau, which asks whether a minimal surface exists for a given boundary. The problem, open since 1760 when Lagrange raised it, is part of the calculus of variations and is also known as the soap bubble problem. Pic search.
File:Marie Curie c1920.jpg|link=Marie Curie (nonfiction)|1901: Physicist, chemist, and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Marie Curie (nonfiction)|Marie Curie]] publishes evidence that [[Extract of Radium]] is a parasitic [[transdimensional drug]].


||1903: Leopold Bernhard Gegenbauer dies ... mathematician remembered best as an algebraist. Gegenbauer polynomials are named after him. Pic.
||1903: Leopold Bernhard Gegenbauer dies ... mathematician remembered best as an algebraist. Gegenbauer polynomials are named after him. Pic.
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||1964: Isidor Pavlovich Natanson dies ... mathematician known for contributions to real analysis and constructive function theory, in particular, for his textbooks on these subjects. Pic search.
||1964: Isidor Pavlovich Natanson dies ... mathematician known for contributions to real analysis and constructive function theory, in particular, for his textbooks on these subjects. Pic search.
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1968: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for new film by shelling shares in the upcoming [[N1 rocket (nonfiction)|N1 rocket explosion]].


File:N1 19 September 1968.jpg|link=N1 rocket (nonfiction)|1969: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet [[N1 rocket (nonfiction)|N1 rocket]] explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
File:N1 19 September 1968.jpg|link=N1 rocket (nonfiction)|1969: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet [[N1 rocket (nonfiction)|N1 rocket]] explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
File:Igor Shafarevich.jpg|link=Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|1970: Mathematician, dissident, and crime-fighter [[Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|Igor Shafarevich]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1977: Alexander Volkov dies ... mathematician and author. Pic search.
||1977: Alexander Volkov dies ... mathematician and author. Pic search.
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File:Stardust at comet Wild 2.jpg|link=Stardust (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|2007: NASA approves a mission extension for [[Stardust (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|Stardust]], sending the spacecraft to comet Tempel 1.
File:Stardust at comet Wild 2.jpg|link=Stardust (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|2007: NASA approves a mission extension for [[Stardust (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|Stardust]], sending the spacecraft to comet Tempel 1.
File:Green Tangle.jpg|link=Green Tangle (nonfiction)|2016: Chromatographic analysis of ''[[Green Tangle (nonfiction)|Green Tangle]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least five, perhaps as many as ten" previously unknown shades of [[Green (nonfiction)|green]].


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  • 1518: Physician and scientist Li Shizhen born. He will develop many innovative methods for the proper classification of herb components and medications to be used for treating diseases, earning a reputation as the greatest scientific naturalist of China.

    1518: Physician and scientist Li Shizhen born. He will develop many innovative methods for the proper classification of herb components and medications to be used for treating diseases, earning a reputation as the greatest scientific naturalist of China.

  • 1881: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Hasan Tahsini dies. He was one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.

    1881: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Hasan Tahsini dies. He was one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.

  • 1969: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.

    1969: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.

  • 2007: NASA approves a mission extension for Stardust, sending the spacecraft to comet Tempel 1.

    2007: NASA approves a mission extension for Stardust, sending the spacecraft to comet Tempel 1.

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