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||1704: Louis Godin born ... astronomer and academic. | ||1704: Louis Godin born ... astronomer and academic. | ||
||1735: Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde born ... mathematician, musician and chemist who worked with Bézout and Lavoisier; his name is now principally associated with determinant theory in mathematics. | ||1735: Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde born ... mathematician, musician and chemist who worked with Bézout and Lavoisier; his name is now principally associated with determinant theory in mathematics. Pic: http://serge.mehl.free.fr/chrono/Vandermonde.html | ||
||1742: Willem Jacob 's Gravesande dies ... mathematician and natural philosopher, chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics. As professor of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at Leiden University, he helped to propagate Isaac Newton's ideas in Continental Europe. | ||1742: Willem Jacob 's Gravesande dies ... mathematician and natural philosopher, chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics. As professor of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at Leiden University, he helped to propagate Isaac Newton's ideas in Continental Europe. | ||
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1533: Philosopher and author Michel de Montaigne born. He will be one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre.
1552: Clockmaker and mathematician Jost Bürgi born. He will be recognized during his own lifetime as one of the most excellent mechanical engineers of his generation.
1692: Physician, satirist, and polymath John Arbuthnot uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to rewrite existing manuscripts using satirical premises.
1901: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator Linus Pauling born.
1944: Der Reichsspritzenmeister develops new drug to stimulate crimes against mathematical constants.
2017: Steganographic analysis of excerpt from "Burglars" unexpected reveals "at least half a gigabyte of encrypted data, probably related to the ENIAC program".