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||1715: Bernard Lamy dies ... mathematician and theologian. Pic.
||1715: Bernard Lamy dies ... mathematician and theologian. Pic.


File:Ernst Kummer.jpg|link=Ernst Kummer (nonfiction)|1810: Mathematician [[Ernst Kummer (nonfiction)|Ernst Kummer]] born. Skilled in applied mathematics, Kummer trained German army officers in ballistics.
File:Ernst Kummer.jpg|link=Ernst Kummer (nonfiction)|1810: Mathematician [[Ernst Kummer (nonfiction)|Ernst Kummer]] born. Kummer will contribute to abstract algebra; in ring theory, he will introduce the term ''ideal''.


||1817: William Ferrel born ... meteorologist, developed theories which explained the mid-latitude atmospheric circulation cell in detail, and it is after him that the Ferrel cell is named. Pic.
||1817: William Ferrel born ... meteorologist, developed theories which explained the mid-latitude atmospheric circulation cell in detail, and it is after him that the Ferrel cell is named. Pic.

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  • 1688: Astronomer, philosopher, theologian, and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg born.

    1688: Astronomer, philosopher, theologian, and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg born.

  • 1810: Mathematician Ernst Kummer born. Kummer will contribute to abstract algebra; in ring theory, he will introduce the term ideal.

    1810: Mathematician Ernst Kummer born. Kummer will contribute to abstract algebra; in ring theory, he will introduce the term ideal.

  • 1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear dies.

    1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear dies.

  • 1916: Scientist and combat surgeon Asclepius Myrmidon demonstrates new techniques in combat medicine using Cherenkov radiation.

    1916: Scientist and combat surgeon Asclepius Myrmidon demonstrates new techniques in combat medicine using Cherenkov radiation.

  • 1926: Theoretical physicist Mohammad Abdus Salam born. He will share the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory.

    1926: Theoretical physicist Mohammad Abdus Salam born. He will share the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory.

  • 1933: Mathematician and academic Paul Sally born. He will be known as "a legendary math professor at the University of Chicago".

    1933: Mathematician and academic Paul Sally born. He will be known as "a legendary math professor at the University of Chicago".

  • 1934: Chemist Fritz Haber dies. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber–Bosch process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas. Haber also did pioneering work in chemical warfare, weaponizing chlorine and other poisonous gases during World War I.

    1934: Chemist Fritz Haber dies. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber–Bosch process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas. Haber also did pioneering work in chemical warfare, weaponizing chlorine and other poisonous gases during World War I.

  • 1940: Alice Beta predicts that mathematician and computer scientist Andrzej Trybulec will make "incalculable contributions to the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants."

    1940: Alice Beta predicts that mathematician and computer scientist Andrzej Trybulec will make "incalculable contributions to the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants."

  • 1941: Mathematician and computer scientist Andrzej Trybulec born. He will develop the Mizar system: a formal language for writing mathematical definitions and proofs, a proof assistant which is able to mechanically check proofs written in this language, and a library of formalized mathematics which can be used in the proof of new theorems.

    1941: Mathematician and computer scientist Andrzej Trybulec born. He will develop the Mizar system: a formal language for writing mathematical definitions and proofs, a proof assistant which is able to mechanically check proofs written in this language, and a library of formalized mathematics which can be used in the proof of new theorems.

  • 1970: Mathematician and crime-fighter Samuel Eilenberg applies the telescoping cancellation idea to projective Gnomon algorithm modules, revealing new techniques for detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1970: Mathematician and crime-fighter Samuel Eilenberg applies the telescoping cancellation idea to projective Gnomon algorithm modules, revealing new techniques for detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

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