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||1888: Edward Wilfred Harry Travis born ... British cryptographer and intelligence officer, becoming the operational head of Bletchley Park during World War II, and later the head of GCHQ. Pic.
||1888: Edward Wilfred Harry Travis born ... British cryptographer and intelligence officer, becoming the operational head of Bletchley Park during World War II, and later the head of GCHQ. Pic.


||1888: Launch of Gymnote, one of the world's first all-electric submarine and the first functional submarine equipped with torpedoes.
||1888: Launch of ''Gymnote'', one of the world's first all-electric submarine and the first functional submarine equipped with torpedoes.


||1889: Charles Leroux dies ... balloonist and skydiver.
||1889: Charles Leroux dies ... balloonist and skydiver.


||1891: William Frederick Friedman born ... US Army cryptographer who ran the research division of the Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s, and parts of its follow-on services into the 1950s.  
||1891: William F. Friedman born ... US Army cryptographer who ran the research division of the Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s, and parts of its follow-on services into the 1950s. Pic.


||1894: Werner Wolfgang Rogosinski born ... mathematician. His interest was analytical problems, especially in series. His dissertation, "New Application of Pfeiffer's method for Dirichlet's divisor problem", caused a stir in 1922. Pic.
||1894: Werner Wolfgang Rogosinski born ... mathematician. His interest was analytical problems, especially in series. His dissertation, "New Application of Pfeiffer's method for Dirichlet's divisor problem", caused a stir in 1922. Pic.
||1895: André Frédéric Cournand born ... physician and physiologist, shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Werner Forssmann and Dickinson W. Richards for the development of cardiac catheterization. Pic.


||1896: Tadeusz Ważewski born ... mathematician. He made important contributions to the theory of ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, control theory and the theory of analytic spaces. Ważewski  is most famous for applying the topological concept of retract to the study of the solutions of differential equations. Pic: http://www.archiwum-nauki.krakow.pl/pl/wystawy/wazewski.html
||1896: Tadeusz Ważewski born ... mathematician. He made important contributions to the theory of ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, control theory and the theory of analytic spaces. Ważewski  is most famous for applying the topological concept of retract to the study of the solutions of differential equations. Pic: http://www.archiwum-nauki.krakow.pl/pl/wystawy/wazewski.html

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  • 1054: Composer, mathematician, and astronomer Hermann of Reichenau dies. He wrote a treatise on the science of music, several works on geometry and arithmetic, and astronomical treatises (including instructions for the construction of an astrolabe, at the time a very novel device in Western Europe).

    1054: Composer, mathematician, and astronomer Hermann of Reichenau dies. He wrote a treatise on the science of music, several works on geometry and arithmetic, and astronomical treatises (including instructions for the construction of an astrolabe, at the time a very novel device in Western Europe).

  • 1501: Gerolamo Cardano born. He will be one of the most influential mathematicians of the Renaissance.

    1501: Gerolamo Cardano born. He will be one of the most influential mathematicians of the Renaissance.

  • 1624: Renaissance-era mechanical soldier Clock Head uses Gnomon algorithm functions to fight crimes against mathematical constants.

    1624: Renaissance-era mechanical soldier Clock Head uses Gnomon algorithm functions to fight crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1625: Mathematician and politician Johan de Witt born. He will derive the basic properties of quadratic forms, an important step in the field of linear algebra.

    1625: Mathematician and politician Johan de Witt born. He will derive the basic properties of quadratic forms, an important step in the field of linear algebra.

  • 1769: Polymath and crime-fighter Johann Heinrich Lambert discovers new type of Gnomon algorithm functions which convert map projections into optical projections. These projections will quickly find applications in scrying engine technology.

    1769: Polymath and crime-fighter Johann Heinrich Lambert discovers new type of Gnomon algorithm functions which convert map projections into optical projections. These projections will quickly find applications in scrying engine technology.

  • 1934: Writer and peace activist John Brunner born.

    1934: Writer and peace activist John Brunner born.

  • 1937: Alice Beta Paragliding published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating the ENIAC program.

    1937: Alice Beta Paragliding published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating the ENIAC program.

  • 1938: Mathematician Lev Schnirelmann dies. He proved that any natural number greater than 1 can be written as the sum of not more than C prime numbers, where C is an effectively computable constant.

    1938: Mathematician Lev Schnirelmann dies. He proved that any natural number greater than 1 can be written as the sum of not more than C prime numbers, where C is an effectively computable constant.

  • 1999: Writer, editor, and actor George Plimpton publishes his account of personally committing math crimes "for the participatory journalistic experience."

    1999: Writer, editor, and actor George Plimpton publishes his account of personally committing math crimes "for the participatory journalistic experience."

  • 2016: Spiral 2 voted Picture of the day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2016: Spiral 2 voted Picture of the day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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