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||1882: Paul Koebe born. His work dealt exclusively with the complex numbers, his most important results being on the uniformization of Riemann surfaces in a series of four papers in 1907–1909. Pic. | ||1882: Paul Koebe born. His work dealt exclusively with the complex numbers, his most important results being on the uniformization of Riemann surfaces in a series of four papers in 1907–1909. Pic. | ||
File:Friedrich Reinitzer.jpg|link=Friedrich Reinitzer (nonfiction)|1888: Botanist, chemist, and private detective [[Friedrich Reinitzer (nonfiction)|Friedrich Reinitzer]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which convert cholesteryl benzoate into what will later be called [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals]]; although the discovery attracts attention, interest soon fades when it becomes clear that practical applications remain "at least a century away." [In fact, [[Time Crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals (nonfiction)]] were first observed in 2017.] | |||
||1889: Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen dies ... geologist and academic. He studied the coal-formation of Westphalia and northern Europe generally, and contributed to the theory and practice of mining and metallurgical works in Rhenish Prussia. Pic. | ||1889: Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen dies ... geologist and academic. He studied the coal-formation of Westphalia and northern Europe generally, and contributed to the theory and practice of mining and metallurgical works in Rhenish Prussia. Pic. | ||
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||1944: Aleksandr Serebrov born ... engineer and cosmonaut. Pic: postage stamp. | ||1944: Aleksandr Serebrov born ... engineer and cosmonaut. Pic: postage stamp. | ||
File:Chien-Shiung Wu 1958.jpg|link=Chien-Shiung Wu (nonfiction)| | File:Chien-Shiung Wu 1958.jpg|link=Chien-Shiung Wu (nonfiction)|1937: Physicist and [[APTO]] field engineer [[Chien-Shiung Wu (nonfiction)|Chien-Shiung Wu]] discovers a new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which use the not-conservation of parity to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:ENIAC.jpg|link=ENIAC (nonfiction)|1946: [[ENIAC (nonfiction)|ENIAC]], the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. | File:ENIAC.jpg|link=ENIAC (nonfiction)|1946: [[ENIAC (nonfiction)|ENIAC]], the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. | ||
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1564: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician Galileo Galilei born. He will be called the "father of modern physics".
1589: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.
1739: Mathematician, astronomer and poet Eustachio Manfredi dies. Manfredi's observations of asteroids provided early evidence, albeit unsought, of the revolution of the Earth around the Sun.
1861: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead born. He will be a defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy.
![1888: Botanist, chemist, and private detective Friedrich Reinitzer discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which convert cholesteryl benzoate into what will later be called time crystals; although the discovery attracts attention, interest soon fades when it becomes clear that practical applications remain "at least a century away." [In fact, time crystals (nonfiction) were first observed in 2017.]](/w/images/thumb/1/11/Friedrich_Reinitzer.jpg/88px-Friedrich_Reinitzer.jpg)
1888: Botanist, chemist, and private detective Friedrich Reinitzer discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which convert cholesteryl benzoate into what will later be called time crystals; although the discovery attracts attention, interest soon fades when it becomes clear that practical applications remain "at least a century away." [In fact, time crystals (nonfiction) were first observed in 2017.]
1937: Physicist and APTO field engineer Chien-Shiung Wu discovers a new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use the not-conservation of parity to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1946: ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
1959: Physicist and academic Owen Willans Richardson dies. He won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on thermionic emission, which led to Richardson's law.
1988: Theoretical physicist and academic Richard Feynman dies. For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamic he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.
2011: The Stardust spacecraft flies by comet Tempel 1.