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||1604: George Ent born ... scientist in the seventeenth century who focused on the study of anatomy. He was a member of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians. Ent is best known for his associations with William Harvey, particularly his ''Apologia pro circulatione sanguinis'', a defense of Harvey’s work. Pic. | ||1604: George Ent born ... scientist in the seventeenth century who focused on the study of anatomy. He was a member of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians. Ent is best known for his associations with William Harvey, particularly his ''Apologia pro circulatione sanguinis'', a defense of Harvey’s work. Pic. | ||
File:Jean-Baptiste Morin.jpg|link=Jean-Baptiste Morin (nonfiction)|1656: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer [[Jean-Baptiste Morin (nonfiction)|Jean-Baptiste Morin]] dies. | File:Jean-Baptiste Morin.jpg|link=Jean-Baptiste Morin (nonfiction)|1656: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer [[Jean-Baptiste Morin (nonfiction)|Jean-Baptiste Morin]] dies. Morin championed the geocentric worldview, opposing Galileo and his ideas; Morin also opposed Descartes' ideas after meeting the philosopher in 1638. | ||
||1755: Stanisław Staszic born ... philosopher, poet, and geologist. He was a leading figure of the Polish Enlightenment. Pic. | ||1755: Stanisław Staszic born ... philosopher, poet, and geologist. He was a leading figure of the Polish Enlightenment. Pic. | ||
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||1906: Emma Lehmer born ... mathematician known for her work on reciprocity laws in algebraic number theory. She preferred to deal with complex number fields and integers, rather than the more abstract aspects of the theory. Pic: https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/05/11_emmalehmer.shtml | ||1906: Emma Lehmer born ... mathematician known for her work on reciprocity laws in algebraic number theory. She preferred to deal with complex number fields and integers, rather than the more abstract aspects of the theory. Pic: https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/05/11_emmalehmer.shtml | ||
||1907: Donald Hings born ... inventor. In 1937 he created a portable radio signaling system for his employer CM&S, which he called a "packset", but which later became known as the "Walkie-Talkie". Pic search | ||1907: Donald Hings born ... inventor. In 1937 he created a portable radio signaling system for his employer CM&S, which he called a "packset", but which later became known as the "Walkie-Talkie". Pic search. | ||
||1913: William Henry Preece dies ... electrical engineer and inventor. He was a major figure in the development and introduction of wireless telegraphy and the telephone in Great Britain. Pic. | ||1913: William Henry Preece dies ... electrical engineer and inventor. He was a major figure in the development and introduction of wireless telegraphy and the telephone in Great Britain. Pic. | ||
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File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1944: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. | File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1944: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. | ||
||1950: Amir Aczel born ... mathematician, historian, and academic. Pic search | ||1950: Amir Aczel born ... mathematician, historian, and academic. Pic search. | ||
||1964: Hans von Euler-Chelpin dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1964: Hans von Euler-Chelpin dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
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||1993: Georges Reeb dies ... mathematician. He worked in differential topology, differential geometry, differential equations, topological dynamical systems theory and non-standard analysis. Pic. | ||1993: Georges Reeb dies ... mathematician. He worked in differential topology, differential geometry, differential equations, topological dynamical systems theory and non-standard analysis. Pic. | ||
||2002: Sid Sackson dies ... game designer ... board game designer and collector, best known as the creator of the business game ''Acquire''. Pic search | ||2002: Sid Sackson dies ... game designer ... board game designer and collector, best known as the creator of the business game ''Acquire''. Pic search. | ||
||2005: Theodore Puck dies ... geneticist. Puck was an early pioneer of "somatic cell genetics" and single-cell plating ( i.e. "cloning" .) This work allowed the genetics of human and other mammalian cells to be studied in detail. Also, Puck's team found that humans had 46 chromosomes rather than 48 which had earlier been believed. Pic search | ||2005: Theodore Puck dies ... geneticist. Puck was an early pioneer of "somatic cell genetics" and single-cell plating ( i.e. "cloning" .) This work allowed the genetics of human and other mammalian cells to be studied in detail. Also, Puck's team found that humans had 46 chromosomes rather than 48 which had earlier been believed. Pic search. | ||
|File:Zero knowledge proof.png|link=Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|2015: Advances in [[Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|zero-knowledge proof]] theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter [[Janet Beta]]. | |File:Zero knowledge proof.png|link=Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|2015: Advances in [[Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|zero-knowledge proof]] theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter [[Janet Beta]]. | ||
Revision as of 07:02, 16 April 2020
1656: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin dies. Morin championed the geocentric worldview, opposing Galileo and his ideas; Morin also opposed Descartes' ideas after meeting the philosopher in 1638.
1872: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alfred Clebsch publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use algebraic geometry and invariant theory to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1944: Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
1971: The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter. A total of about 500 images will be transmitted.
1976: An episode of Euglena Junction shocks viewers when the actor playing the role of Uncle Joe dies on camera after eating too many rotifers.
2017: Signed first edition of Ursa Nano sells for undisclosed amount in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against light. The buyer is reported to be "a prominent Gnomon algorithm theorist living in New Minneapolis, Canada."