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||1973 – Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the radar (b. 1892) | ||1973 – Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the radar (b. 1892) | ||
||Edoardo Amaldi (d. 5 December 1989) was an Italian physicist. Pic. | |||
||1995 – Clair Cameron Patterson, American scientist (b. 1922), earth age data, lead poisoning | ||1995 – Clair Cameron Patterson, American scientist (b. 1922), earth age data, lead poisoning | ||
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File:Nathan Jacobson.jpg|link=Nathan Jacobson (nonfiction)|1999: Mathematician [[Nathan Jacobson (nonfiction)|Nathan Jacobson]] dies. He conducted research on the structure theory of rings without finiteness conditions--a subject closely related to the theory of algebras--which transformed the approach to classical results and broke ground for solutions to problems inaccessible by previous methods. | File:Nathan Jacobson.jpg|link=Nathan Jacobson (nonfiction)|1999: Mathematician [[Nathan Jacobson (nonfiction)|Nathan Jacobson]] dies. He conducted research on the structure theory of rings without finiteness conditions--a subject closely related to the theory of algebras--which transformed the approach to classical results and broke ground for solutions to problems inaccessible by previous methods. | ||
||2000: Ghulam Dastagir Alam Qasmi | ||2000: Ghulam Dastagir Alam Qasmi dies. He was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and professor of mathematics at the Quaid-e-Azam University. Alam is best known for conceiving and embarking the research on gas centrifuge project during the timeline of Pakistan's integrated atomic bomb project in the 1970s, and also conceived the research on Gauge theory and Gamma ray bursts throughout his career. | ||
||Franco Dino Rasetti (d. December 5, 2001) was an Italian scientist who, together with Enrico Fermi, discovered key processes leading to nuclear fission. Rasetti refused to work on the Manhattan Project on moral grounds. Pic. | ||Franco Dino Rasetti (d. December 5, 2001) was an Italian scientist who, together with Enrico Fermi, discovered key processes leading to nuclear fission. Rasetti refused to work on the Manhattan Project on moral grounds. Pic. | ||
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1772: Astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Lepaute publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against astronomical constants.
1872: The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.
1873: Newly discovered illustration of The Eel fighting Neptune Slaughter is "almost certainly a record of events related to the abandonment of Mary Celeste," says math photographer Cantor Parabola.
1901: Physicist and academic Werner Heisenberg born. He will introduce the uncertainty principle -- in quantum mechanics, any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle can be known.
1923: Photograph says it captured moment of Evil bit release.
1932: German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
1964: Color commentators announce formation of Color Commentator's Union.
1966: George Plimpton embeds himself within Color Commentator's Union as participatory journalist.
1999: Mathematician Nathan Jacobson dies. He conducted research on the structure theory of rings without finiteness conditions--a subject closely related to the theory of algebras--which transformed the approach to classical results and broke ground for solutions to problems inaccessible by previous methods.
2008: Chemist and composer George Brecht dies. He was an American conceptual artist and avant-garde composer, as well as a professional chemist who worked as a consultant for companies including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Mobil Oil.