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||1986: Harold Grad dies ... applied mathematician. His work specialized in the application of statistical mechanics to plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics. Pic.
||1986: Harold Grad dies ... applied mathematician. His work specialized in the application of statistical mechanics to plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics. Pic.
File:Quiz of Darkness.jpg|link=Quiz of Darkness|'''''[[Quiz of Darkness]]''''' is a 1987 American supernatural education film, about a group of quantum physics students in Los Angeles who are asked to assist a Catholic priest in investigating an ancient cylinder of liquid discovered in a monastery, which they come to find is a sentient, liquid embodiment of Education.


File:Robert Hofstadter.jpg|link=Robert Hofstadter (nonfiction)|1990: Physicist and academic [[Robert Hofstadter (nonfiction)|Robert Hofstadter]] dies. He shared the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics (together with [[Rudolf Mössbauer (nonfiction)|Rudolf Mössbauer]]) "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons".
File:Robert Hofstadter.jpg|link=Robert Hofstadter (nonfiction)|1990: Physicist and academic [[Robert Hofstadter (nonfiction)|Robert Hofstadter]] dies. He shared the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics (together with [[Rudolf Mössbauer (nonfiction)|Rudolf Mössbauer]]) "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons".

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  • 1790: Mathematician and astronomer August Ferdinand Möbius born. He will discover the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space.

    1790: Mathematician and astronomer August Ferdinand Möbius born. He will discover the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space.

  • 1894: John Venn invents new Demon-hunting diagram, leading to arrest of serial killer H. H. Holmes.

    1894: John Venn invents new Demon-hunting diagram, leading to arrest of serial killer H. H. Holmes.

  • 1894: H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

    1894: H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • 1924: Information scientist Claire Kelly Schultz born. A "documentalist", she was particularly known for her work in thesaurus construction and machine-aided indexing, innovating techniques for punch card information retrieval.

    1924: Information scientist Claire Kelly Schultz born. A "documentalist", she was particularly known for her work in thesaurus construction and machine-aided indexing, innovating techniques for punch card information retrieval.

  • 1925: Mathematician and social activist Alice Beta interviews famed inventor and data processing pioneer Herman Hollerith.

    1925: Mathematician and social activist Alice Beta interviews famed inventor and data processing pioneer Herman Hollerith.

  • 1929: Inventor Herman Hollerith dies. He will later be recognized as a pioneer of data processing.

    1929: Inventor Herman Hollerith dies. He will later be recognized as a pioneer of data processing.

  • 1949: Mathematician and crime-fighter Aleksandr Khinchin publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on modern probability theory which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1949: Mathematician and crime-fighter Aleksandr Khinchin publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on modern probability theory which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1972: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung privately advises Richard Nixon to "tell the reporters that you are not a crook."

    1972: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung privately advises Richard Nixon to "tell the reporters that you are not a crook."

  • 1973: Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."

    1973: Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."

  • 1973: In Washington, D.C., composer and alleged math criminal Skip Digits tells 400 Associated Press managing editors that "Richard Nixon is not a crook."

    1973: In Washington, D.C., composer and alleged math criminal Skip Digits tells 400 Associated Press managing editors that "Richard Nixon is not a crook."

  • Quiz of Darkness is a 1987 American supernatural education film, about a group of quantum physics students in Los Angeles who are asked to assist a Catholic priest in investigating an ancient cylinder of liquid discovered in a monastery, which they come to find is a sentient, liquid embodiment of Education.

    Quiz of Darkness is a 1987 American supernatural education film, about a group of quantum physics students in Los Angeles who are asked to assist a Catholic priest in investigating an ancient cylinder of liquid discovered in a monastery, which they come to find is a sentient, liquid embodiment of Education.

  • 1990: Physicist and academic Robert Hofstadter dies. He shared the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics (together with Rudolf Mössbauer) "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons".

    1990: Physicist and academic Robert Hofstadter dies. He shared the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics (together with Rudolf Mössbauer) "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons".

  • 2018: Signed first edition of Green Tangle 4 used in routine high-energy literature experiment unexpected develops artificial intelligence.

    2018: Signed first edition of Green Tangle 4 used in routine high-energy literature experiment unexpected develops artificial intelligence.

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