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File:Jacques-Louis Lions.jpg|link=Jacques-Louis Lions (nonfiction)|1928: Mathematician [[Jacques-Louis Lions (nonfiction)|Jacques-Louis Lions]] born.  He will make contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.
File:Jacques-Louis Lions.jpg|link=Jacques-Louis Lions (nonfiction)|1928: Mathematician [[Jacques-Louis Lions (nonfiction)|Jacques-Louis Lions]] born.  He will make contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.
||Richard Lewis Arnowitt (b. May 3, 1928) was an American physicist known for his contributions to theoretical particle physics and to general relativity. Pic.


||Kikunae Ikeda (d. 3 May 1936) was a Japanese chemist and Tokyo Imperial University professor of Chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical basis of a taste he named umami.  Pic.
||Kikunae Ikeda (d. 3 May 1936) was a Japanese chemist and Tokyo Imperial University professor of Chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical basis of a taste he named umami.  Pic.

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  • 1779: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop dies. He was one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.

    1779: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop dies. He was one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.

  • 1848: Inventor David Brewster demonstrates his "lenticular stereoscope" (the first portable, 3D viewing device), now widely used in modern scrying engines.

    1848: Inventor David Brewster demonstrates his "lenticular stereoscope" (the first portable, 3D viewing device), now widely used in modern scrying engines.

  • 1860: Mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra born. He will be one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.

    1860: Mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra born. He will be one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.

  • 1890: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla uses radio waves to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1890: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla uses radio waves to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1905: Mathematician and academic Werner Fenchel born. He will establish the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which wwill, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming.

    1905: Mathematician and academic Werner Fenchel born. He will establish the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which wwill, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming.

  • 1910: Havelock and Nikola Tesla share Nobel Prize in Physics for research into electrical field modulation and data transmission.

    1910: Havelock and Nikola Tesla share Nobel Prize in Physics for research into electrical field modulation and data transmission.

  • 1928: Mathematician Jacques-Louis Lions born. He will make contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.

    1928: Mathematician Jacques-Louis Lions born. He will make contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.

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