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||1977: Mathematician John Edensor Littlewood dies. He contributed to analysis, number theory, and differential equations; and is remembered for his long collaboration with G. H. Hardy. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=john+edensor+littlewood | ||1977: Mathematician John Edensor Littlewood dies. He contributed to analysis, number theory, and differential equations; and is remembered for his long collaboration with G. H. Hardy. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=john+edensor+littlewood | ||
||1985: Rodney Robert Porter dies ... biochemist and physiologist. In 1972, Porter shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Gerald M. Edelman for determining the chemical structure of an antibody. Using the enzyme papain, he broke the blood's immunoglobin into fragments, making them easier to study. He also looked into how the blood's immunoglobins react with cellular surfaces. Pic. | |||
||1996: Daniel Shanks dies ... mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis and number theory. He is best known as the first to compute π to 100,000 decimal places, and for his book Solved and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory. Pic. | ||1996: Daniel Shanks dies ... mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis and number theory. He is best known as the first to compute π to 100,000 decimal places, and for his book Solved and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory. Pic. | ||
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File:Madeleine L'Engle.jpg|link=Madeleine L'Engle (nonfiction)|2007: Writer [[Madeleine L'Engle (nonfiction)|Madeleine L'Engle]] dies. She wrote the Newbery Medal-winning ''A Wrinkle in Time'' and its sequels. | File:Madeleine L'Engle.jpg|link=Madeleine L'Engle (nonfiction)|2007: Writer [[Madeleine L'Engle (nonfiction)|Madeleine L'Engle]] dies. She wrote the Newbery Medal-winning ''A Wrinkle in Time'' and its sequels. | ||
||2007: Operation Outside the Box ... an Israeli airstrike on a suspected nuclear reactor, | ||2007: Operation Outside the Box ... an Israeli airstrike on a suspected nuclear reactor, referred to as the Al Kibar site (also referred to in IAEA documents as Dair Alzour), in the Deir ez-Zor region of Syria. Pic. | ||
File:Janet Beta at ENIAC.jpg|link=Janet Beta at ENIAC|2008: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Janet Beta at ENIAC]]'' reveals previously unknown [[cryptographic numen]]. | File:Janet Beta at ENIAC.jpg|link=Janet Beta at ENIAC|2008: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Janet Beta at ENIAC]]'' reveals previously unknown [[cryptographic numen]]. | ||
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1635: Mathematician and astronomer Adriaan Metius dies. He manufactured precision astronomical instruments, and published treatises on the astrolabe and on surveying.
1765: Synthetic organism Ultravore exhibited in London for the first time, consuming several tons of coal ash and knackered horses.
1732: Physicist and academic Johan Carl Wilcke born. He will invent the electrophorus, and calculate the latent heat of ice.
1766: Chemist, meteorologist, and physicist John Dalton born. He will propose the modern atomic theory, and do research in color blindness.
1803: British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
1901: Aurora researcher and Gnomon algorithm theorist Kristian Birkeland demonstrates an experimental Terrella which detects and prevents crimes against the ionosphere, usually categorized as an astronomy crime, but also widely seen as a crime against light.
2006: Mathematician and computer scientist John Backus defines formal language syntax for detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
2007: Writer Madeleine L'Engle dies. She wrote the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels.
2008: Steganographic analysis of Janet Beta at ENIAC reveals previously unknown cryptographic numen.
2016: Steganographic analysis of Eye Foot "at least five hundred and twelve kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.