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||1594: Gerardus Mercator dies ... mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher.
||1594: Gerardus Mercator dies ... mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher.
||1678: Nicolaas Kruik born ... astronomer and cartographer. Pic: map by Kruik.


||1759: James Edward Smith born ... botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society.
||1759: James Edward Smith born ... botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society.

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  • 1409: The University of Leipzig opens. Famous future alumni will include Leibniz, Goethe, Ranke, Nietzsche, Wagner, Angela Merkel, Raila Odinga, and Tycho Brahe.

    1409: The University of Leipzig opens. Famous future alumni will include Leibniz, Goethe, Ranke, Nietzsche, Wagner, Angela Merkel, Raila Odinga, and Tycho Brahe.

  • 1831: Mathematician Paul David Gustav du Bois-Reymond born. He will work on the theory of functions and in mathematical physics.

    1831: Mathematician Paul David Gustav du Bois-Reymond born. He will work on the theory of functions and in mathematical physics.

  • 1939: Physicist and crime-fighter Enrico Fermi publishes evidence that nuclear weapons will be vulnerable to crimes against chemistry.

    1939: Physicist and crime-fighter Enrico Fermi publishes evidence that nuclear weapons will be vulnerable to crimes against chemistry.

  • 1942: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

    1942: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

  • 1966: Mathematician and philosopher L. E. J. Brouwer dies. He made contributions to topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis; and he founded the mathematical philosophy of intuitionism.

    1966: Mathematician and philosopher L. E. J. Brouwer dies. He made contributions to topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis; and he founded the mathematical philosophy of intuitionism.

  • 1987: Physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich dies. He played a crucial role in the development of the Soviet Union's nuclear bomb project, associated closely in nuclear weapons testing to study the effects of nuclear explosion from 1943 until 1963.

    1987: Physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich dies. He played a crucial role in the development of the Soviet Union's nuclear bomb project, associated closely in nuclear weapons testing to study the effects of nuclear explosion from 1943 until 1963.

  • 2016: Advances in zero-knowledge proof theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta.

    2016: Advances in zero-knowledge proof theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta.

  • 2017: Signed first edition of Green Spiral sold for an undisclosed amount to "a prominent Gnomon algorithm theorist, a longtime resident of New Minneapolis, Canada."

    2017: Signed first edition of Green Spiral sold for an undisclosed amount to "a prominent Gnomon algorithm theorist, a longtime resident of New Minneapolis, Canada."

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