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||1902 – Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (b. 1821) | ||1902 – Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (b. 1821) | ||
||1906 – Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1844) | ||1906 – Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1844) Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher whose greatest achievement was in the development of statistical mechanics, which explains and predicts how the properties of atoms (such as mass, charge, and structure) determine the physical properties of matter (such as viscosity, thermal conductivity, and diffusion). | ||
||1914 – Nicanor Parra, Chilean physicist, mathematician, and poet | ||1914 – Nicanor Parra, Chilean physicist, mathematician, and poet |
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1575: Mathematician Federico Commandino born. He will gain fame for his central role as translator of works of ancient mathematicians.
1588: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to locate alleged supervillain Anarchimedes.
1725: Mathematician and theorist Jean-Étienne Montucla born. His deep interest in history of mathematics will become apparent with his publication of Histoire des Mathématiques, the first part appearing in 1758.
1947: Advances in dynastic cellular automata theory reveal new members of Bernoulli family.
1948: Physicist and chemist Richard C. Tolman dies. He made important contributions to theoretical cosmology in the years soon after Einstein's discovery of general relativity.
1948: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1977: Voyager 1 spacecraft launches. It will visit Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's large moon Titan.
2017: Art thieves steal Six Seconds to Hell, demand million-dollar ransom.