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||Max Karl Werner Wien (d. 22 February 1938) was a German physicist and the director of the Institute of Physics at the University of Jena. | ||Max Karl Werner Wien (d. 22 February 1938) was a German physicist and the director of the Institute of Physics at the University of Jena. | ||
||The Mask of Warka was discovered on 22 February 1939 by the expedition of the German Archaeological Institute, led by Dr A. Nöldeke, in the city of Uruk south of modern Baghdad. The Mask was found in the Eanna (or Ianna) district of the city — so named for the goddess Inanna to whom the temples are dedicated. | |||
||Karl Adolf Hessenberg (d. February 22, 1959) was a German mathematician and engineer. The Hessenberg matrix form is named after him. | ||Karl Adolf Hessenberg (d. February 22, 1959) was a German mathematician and engineer. The Hessenberg matrix form is named after him. | ||
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1632: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
1933: Engineer and inventor Justin Capră born. He will design fuel-efficient cars, unconventional engines, aircraft, and jet backpacks.
1973: Vandal Savage uses solar eclipse to manufacture large quantity of military-grade clandestiphrine.
1987: Artist Andy Warhol dies. He was a leading figure in the Pop art movement.
1988: Mathematician and academic Mary Cartwright uses chaos theory principles to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1995: The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.