Template:Selected anniversaries/March 21: Difference between revisions

From Gnomon Chronicles
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 39: Line 39:


||1920: John Michael Hammersley born ... mathematician best known for his foundational work in the theory of self-avoiding walks and percolation theory.  Pic.
||1920: John Michael Hammersley born ... mathematician best known for his foundational work in the theory of self-avoiding walks and percolation theory.  Pic.
||1923: Physicist and academic Albert Allen Bartlett born ... lectured on Arithmetic, Population, and Energy.[3][4] Bartlett regarded the word combination "sustainable growth" as an oxymoron, since even modest annual percentage population increases will inevitably equate to huge exponential growth over sustained periods of time. He therefore regarded human overpopulation as "The Greatest Challenge" facing humanity. Pic.


||1923: Nizar Qabbani born ... poet, publisher, and diplomat. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance in exploring themes of love, eroticism, feminism, religion, and Arab nationalism. Qabbani is one of the most revered contemporary poets in the Arab world, and is considered to be Syria's National Poet. Pic.
||1923: Nizar Qabbani born ... poet, publisher, and diplomat. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance in exploring themes of love, eroticism, feminism, religion, and Arab nationalism. Qabbani is one of the most revered contemporary poets in the Arab world, and is considered to be Syria's National Poet. Pic.

Revision as of 12:15, 5 July 2020

  • 1768: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier born. Fourier will initiate the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

    1768: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier born. Fourier will initiate the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

  • 1884: Mathematician George David Birkhoff born. Birkhoff will become one of the most important leaders in American mathematics of his generation.

    1884: Mathematician George David Birkhoff born. Birkhoff will become one of the most important leaders in American mathematics of his generation.

  • 1924: Physicist Harry Lehmann born. Lehmann will contribute to the LSZ reduction formula and the Källén–Lehmann spectral representation.

    1924: Physicist Harry Lehmann born. Lehmann will contribute to the LSZ reduction formula and the Källén–Lehmann spectral representation.

  • 1928: Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.

    1928: Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.

  • 1965: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.

    1965: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.

  • 1986: Computer scientist and Gnomon algorithm theorist Philippe Flajolet uses the theory of average-case complexity to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.

    1986: Computer scientist and Gnomon algorithm theorist Philippe Flajolet uses the theory of average-case complexity to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.

  • 2009: Mathematician Thierry Aubin dies. Aubin was a leading expert on Riemannian geometry and non-linear partial differential equations.

    2009: Mathematician Thierry Aubin dies. Aubin was a leading expert on Riemannian geometry and non-linear partial differential equations.

  • 2016: Chromatographic analysis of Green Ring 2 reveals "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown shades of the color green.

    2016: Chromatographic analysis of Green Ring 2 reveals "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown shades of the color green.

Retrieved from "https://gnomonchronicles.com/w/index.php?title=Template:Selected_anniversaries/March_21&oldid=51902"