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||1936: Kikunae Ikeda dies ... chemist and Tokyo Imperial University professor of Chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical basis of a taste he named umami. Pic. | ||1936: Kikunae Ikeda dies ... chemist and Tokyo Imperial University professor of Chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical basis of a taste he named umami. Pic. | ||
||1944: Margaret Eliza Maltby dies ... physicist notable for measurement of high electrolytic resistances and conductivity of very dilute solutions. | ||1944: Margaret Eliza Maltby dies ... physicist notable for measurement of high electrolytic resistances and conductivity of very dilute solutions. PIc. | ||
||1947: Doug Henning born ... magician. | ||1947: Doug Henning born ... magician. Pic. | ||
||1977: Maryam Mirzakhani born ... mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry. On 13 August 2014, Mirzakhani was honored with the Fields Medal. | ||1977: Maryam Mirzakhani born ... mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry. On 13 August 2014, Mirzakhani was honored with the Fields Medal. Pic. | ||
||1978: The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States. | ||1978: The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States. | ||
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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.
1859: Mathematician and alleged time-traveller Niles Cartouchian uses early form of functional analysis to detect and erase criminal mathematical function Forbidden Ratio.
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.
1905: Mathematician and academic Werner Fenchel born. He will establish the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which will, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming.
1910: Mathematician John Havelock and electrical engineer 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.
2018: Yellow Spiral declared Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.