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File: | File:Philippe de La Hire.jpg|link=Philippe de La Hire (nonfiction)|1718: Painter, mathematician, astronomer, and architect [[Philippe de La Hire (nonfiction)|Philippe de La Hire]] dies. | ||
File:Jean Baptiste Biot.jpg|link=Jean-Baptiste Biot (nonfiction)|1774: Physicist, astronomer, and mathematician [[Jean-Baptiste Biot (nonfiction)|Jean-Baptiste Biot]] born. He will establish the reality of meteorites, make an early balloon flight, and study the polarization of light. | File:Jean Baptiste Biot.jpg|link=Jean-Baptiste Biot (nonfiction)|1774: Physicist, astronomer, and mathematician [[Jean-Baptiste Biot (nonfiction)|Jean-Baptiste Biot]] born. He will establish the reality of meteorites, make an early balloon flight, and study the polarization of light. | ||
File:Nathaniel Bowditch.jpg|link=Nathaniel Bowditch (nonfiction)|1793: American captain and mathematician [[Nathaniel Bowditch (nonfiction)|Nathaniel Bowditch]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which improved maritime navigation techniques. | |||
File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain (nonfiction)|1910: Writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]] dies. | File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain (nonfiction)|1910: Writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]] dies. | ||
File:Richard Courant.jpg|link=Richard Courant (nonfiction)|1910: Mathematician [[Richard Courant (nonfiction)|Richard Courant]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]] to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Richard Courant.jpg|link=Richard Courant (nonfiction)|1910: Mathematician [[Richard Courant (nonfiction)|Richard Courant]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]] to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Jean Bartik.jpg|link=Jean Bartik (nonfiction)|1963: [[Jean Bartik (nonfiction)|Jean Bartik]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Jean Bartik.jpg|link=Jean Bartik (nonfiction)|1963: [[Jean Bartik (nonfiction)|Jean Bartik]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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Revision as of 19:54, 12 February 2017
1718: Painter, mathematician, astronomer, and architect Philippe de La Hire dies.
1774: Physicist, astronomer, and mathematician Jean-Baptiste Biot born. He will establish the reality of meteorites, make an early balloon flight, and study the polarization of light.
1793: American captain and mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which improved maritime navigation techniques.
1910: Writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer Mark Twain dies.
1910: Mathematician Richard Courant invents new type of scrying engine to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1963: Jean Bartik uses Gnomon algorithm to fight crimes against mathematical constants.