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File:Werner Heisenberg.jpg|link=Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|1901: Physicist and academic [[Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|Werner Heisenberg]] born. He will introduce the [[Uncertainty principle (nonfiction)|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.
File:Werner Heisenberg.jpg|link=Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|1901: Physicist and academic [[Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|Werner Heisenberg]] born. He will introduce the [[Uncertainty principle (nonfiction)|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.


||1903: C. F. Powell born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1901: Arthur Lee Samuel born ... pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence. He coined the term "machine learning" in 1959. The Samuel Checkers-playing Program was among the world's first successful self-learning programs, and as such a very early demonstration of the fundamental concept of artificial intelligence (AI).[5] He was also a senior member in the TeX community who devoted much time giving personal attention to the needs of users and wrote an early TeX manual in 1983.


||1902: Johannes Wislicenus dies ... chemist, most famous for his work in early stereochemistry. Pic.
||1902: Johannes Wislicenus dies ... chemist, most famous for his work in early stereochemistry. Pic.
||1903: C. F. Powell born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1907: Giuseppe Occhialini born ... physicist and academic.
||1907: Giuseppe Occhialini born ... physicist and academic.

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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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    1923: Photograph says it captured moment of Evil bit release.

  • 1932: German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.

    1932: German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.

  • 1964: Color commentators announce formation of Color Commentator's Union.

    1964: Color commentators announce formation of Color Commentator's Union.

  • 1966: George Plimpton embeds himself within Color Commentator's Union as participatory journalist.

    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.

    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.

    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.

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