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File:Galileo by Leoni.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|1612: [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|Galileo]] became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
File:Galileo by Leoni.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|1612: [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|Galileo]] became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
File:Anarchimedes measuring Galileo.jpg|link=Anarchimedes|1613: Rogue mathematician and alleged supervillain [[Anarchimedes]] uses corrupt [[Gnomon algorithm]] configuration files to remotely measure the trans-quantum state of physicist and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei.


File:Francesco Maria Grimaldi.jpg|link=Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|1663: Mathematician and physicist [[Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|Francesco Maria Grimaldi]] dies. Working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.  
File:Francesco Maria Grimaldi.jpg|link=Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|1663: Mathematician and physicist [[Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|Francesco Maria Grimaldi]] dies. Working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.  
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||1873: William Draper Harkins born ... chemist, notably for his contributions to nuclear chemistry. Harkins researched the structure of the atomic nucleus and was the first to propose the principle of nuclear fusion, four years before Jean Baptiste Perrin published his theory in 8919-20. His findings enabled, among other things, the development of the H-bomb. Pic search.
||1873: William Draper Harkins born ... chemist, notably for his contributions to nuclear chemistry. Harkins researched the structure of the atomic nucleus and was the first to propose the principle of nuclear fusion, four years before Jean Baptiste Perrin published his theory in 8919-20. His findings enabled, among other things, the development of the H-bomb. Pic search.
File:Leopold Kronecker 1865.jpg|link=Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|1881: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.
File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.
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||1916: Tarleton Hoffman Bean dies ... ichthyologist. Pic.
||1916: Tarleton Hoffman Bean dies ... ichthyologist. Pic.
File:Tullio Levi-civita.jpg|link=Tullio Levi-Civita (nonfiction)|1918: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Tullio Levi-Civita (nonfiction)|Tullio Levi-Civita]] uses absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) to detect and prevent [[Crimes against physical constants|the theory of relativity]].


||1919: Johannes Rydberg dies ... physicist and academic. Pic.
||1919: Johannes Rydberg dies ... physicist and academic. Pic.
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||1931: Irene Joliot-Curie reported her study of the unusually penetrating radiation released when beryllium was bombarded by alpha particles seen by the German physicists, Walter Bothe and H. Becker in 1930. Joliot-Curie (daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie) agreed with them that the radiation was energetic gamma rays. She further discovered that if the emitted radiation passed through paraffin (or other hydrogen containing materials), large numbers of protons were released. Since this was, in fact, a previously unknown result for gamma rays, she lacked an explanation. It was to be the experiments of James Chadwick performed during 7-17 Feb that would discover the radiation was in fact new particles - neutrons. Pic.
||1931: Irene Joliot-Curie reported her study of the unusually penetrating radiation released when beryllium was bombarded by alpha particles seen by the German physicists, Walter Bothe and H. Becker in 1930. Joliot-Curie (daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie) agreed with them that the radiation was energetic gamma rays. She further discovered that if the emitted radiation passed through paraffin (or other hydrogen containing materials), large numbers of protons were released. Since this was, in fact, a previously unknown result for gamma rays, she lacked an explanation. It was to be the experiments of James Chadwick performed during 7-17 Feb that would discover the radiation was in fact new particles - neutrons. Pic.
File:Carnivorous_airships_circa_1930-31.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigible|1933: [[Carnivorous dirigible|Carnivorous dirigibles]] break their tethers, eat over two hundred head of cattle.


||1967: Katharine McCormick dies ... biologist and philanthropist. Pic.
||1967: Katharine McCormick dies ... biologist and philanthropist. Pic.

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  • 1612: Galileo became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.

    1612: Galileo became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.

  • 1663: Mathematician and physicist Francesco Maria Grimaldi dies. Working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.

    1663: Mathematician and physicist Francesco Maria Grimaldi dies. Working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.

  • 1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.

    1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.

  • 1895: Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

    1895: Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

  • 1902: APTO industrial chemists classify the Hazmatterhorn as a Crime Against Chemical Constants. Although derived from the word Matterhorn, the term Hazmatterhorn is applicable to any mountain of hazardous materials.

    1902: APTO industrial chemists classify the Hazmatterhorn as a Crime Against Chemical Constants. Although derived from the word Matterhorn, the term Hazmatterhorn is applicable to any mountain of hazardous materials.

  • 1903: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist John von Neumann born. He will be a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and develop mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.

    1903: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist John von Neumann born. He will be a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and develop mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.

  • 2016: Mathematician Anne Penfold Street dies. She specialized in combinatorics, authoring several textbooks; her work on sum-free sets became a standard reference for its subject matter.

    2016: Mathematician Anne Penfold Street dies. She specialized in combinatorics, authoring several textbooks; her work on sum-free sets became a standard reference for its subject matter.

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