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||1916: Nathan Jacob Fine born ... mathematician who worked on basic hypergeometric series. He solved the Jeep problem in 1946. Pic: http://www.ams.org/notices/199506/fine.pdf
||1916: Nathan Jacob Fine born ... mathematician who worked on basic hypergeometric series. He solved the Jeep problem in 1946. Pic: http://www.ams.org/notices/199506/fine.pdf
||1916: Microbiologist  and academic Roger Stanier born. Stanier will be influential in the development of modern microbiology, making important contributions to the taxonomy of bacteria, including the classification of blue-green algae as cyanobacteria. Pic.


||1921: Alexander Kronrod born ... mathematician and computer scientist. Pic.
||1921: Alexander Kronrod born ... mathematician and computer scientist. Pic.

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  • 1659: Chemist and physician Georg Ernst Stahl born. His works on phlogiston will be accepted as an explanation for chemical processes until the late 18th century.

    1659: Chemist and physician Georg Ernst Stahl born. His works on phlogiston will be accepted as an explanation for chemical processes until the late 18th century.

  • 1792: Astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil dies. He discovered what are now known as the Messier objects M32, M36 and M38, as well as the nebulosity in M8, and he was the first to catalogue the dark nebula sometimes known as Le Gentil 3 (in the constellation Cygnus).

    1792: Astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil dies. He discovered what are now known as the Messier objects M32, M36 and M38, as well as the nebulosity in M8, and he was the first to catalogue the dark nebula sometimes known as Le Gentil 3 (in the constellation Cygnus).

  • 1879: Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).

    1879: Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).

  • 1905: Physicist and engineer Karl Guthe Jansky born. He will be one of the founding figures of radio astronomy.

    1905: Physicist and engineer Karl Guthe Jansky born. He will be one of the founding figures of radio astronomy.

  • 1927: Physicist, engineer, and inventor Nikola Tesla introduces six new inventions including single-phase electric power.

    1927: Physicist, engineer, and inventor Nikola Tesla introduces six new inventions including single-phase electric power.

  • 2005: The Venus Express detects evidence of electrical artificial intelligence AESOP in orbit around the planet Venus.

    2005: The Venus Express detects evidence of electrical artificial intelligence AESOP in orbit around the planet Venus.

  • 2018: Signed first edition of Dragons Fighting sells for undisclosed amount to "a well-known Gnomon algorithm theorist" in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

    2018: Signed first edition of Dragons Fighting sells for undisclosed amount to "a well-known Gnomon algorithm theorist" in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

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