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||1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. | ||1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. | ||
File:Jacques-Louis Lions.jpg|link=Jacques-Louis Lions (nonfiction)|1968: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Jacques-Louis Lions (nonfiction)|Jacques-Louis Lions]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which use partial differential equations and stochastic control to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |||
||1969 – Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus. | ||1969 – Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus. |
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1522: Mathematician Johannes Stöffler uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and preventprevent Crimes against mathematical constants.
1718: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian Maria Gaetana Agnesi born. She will write the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus.
1830: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier dies. He initiated the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.
1888: Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
1968: Mathematician and crime-fighter Jacques-Louis Lions publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use partial differential equations and stochastic control to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola wins Pulitzer Prize for "unique and peerless accomplishments in four-dimensional photography."