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File:Nicolaus I Bernoulli.jpg|link=Nicolaus I Bernoulli (nonfiction)|1687: Mathematician and theorist [[Nicolaus I Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Nicolaus I Bernoulli]] born. Bernoulli will introduce a successful resolution to the [[St. Petersburg paradox (nonfiction)|St. Petersburg paradox]].
File:Nicolaus I Bernoulli.jpg|link=Nicolaus I Bernoulli (nonfiction)|1687: Mathematician and theorist [[Nicolaus I Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Nicolaus I Bernoulli]] born. Bernoulli will introduce a successful resolution to the [[St. Petersburg paradox (nonfiction)|St. Petersburg paradox]].
File:Nebula orionis as depicted by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1758.jpg|link=Guillaume Le Gentil (nonfiction)|1768: Astronomer and adventurer [[Guillaume Le Gentil (nonfiction)|Guillaume Le Gentil]] publicly accuses the [[House of Malevecchio]] of [[crimes against astronomical constants]]. The [[House of Malevecchio|Malvecchians]] will back down from the encounter, but later secretly punish [[Guillaume Le Gentil (nonfiction)|Le Gentil]] by creating overcast conditions on June 4, 1769.


||1788: George Combe born ... lawyer who turned to the promotion of phrenology and published several works on the subject. He followed Franz Josef Gall in Paris. Gall was a French physician who identified a number of areas on the surface of the head that he linked with specific localizations of cerebral functions and the underlying attributes of the human personality. Combe established the first infant school in Edinburgh and gave evening lectures. He studied the criminal classes and lunatic asylums wishing to reform them. Pic.
||1788: George Combe born ... lawyer who turned to the promotion of phrenology and published several works on the subject. He followed Franz Josef Gall in Paris. Gall was a French physician who identified a number of areas on the surface of the head that he linked with specific localizations of cerebral functions and the underlying attributes of the human personality. Combe established the first infant school in Edinburgh and gave evening lectures. He studied the criminal classes and lunatic asylums wishing to reform them. Pic.
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||2017: Gilbert Stork dies ... organic chemist and academic. ... known for making significant contributions to the total synthesis of natural products, including a life-long fascination with the synthesis of quinine. In so doing he also made a number of contributions to mechanistic understanding of reactions, and performed pioneering work on enamine chemistry, leading to development of the Stork enamine alkylation. Pic search.
||2017: Gilbert Stork dies ... organic chemist and academic. ... known for making significant contributions to the total synthesis of natural products, including a life-long fascination with the synthesis of quinine. In so doing he also made a number of contributions to mechanistic understanding of reactions, and performed pioneering work on enamine chemistry, leading to development of the Stork enamine alkylation. Pic search.
File:Green_Spiral_9.jpg|link=Green Spiral 9 (nonfiction)|2017: ''[[Green Spiral 9 (nonfiction)|Green Spiral 9]]'' feels more green than ever, according to new [[Chromatography (nonfiction)|chromatographic survey]].


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  • 1687: Mathematician and theorist Nicolaus I Bernoulli born. Bernoulli will introduce a successful resolution to the St. Petersburg paradox.

    1687: Mathematician and theorist Nicolaus I Bernoulli born. Bernoulli will introduce a successful resolution to the St. Petersburg paradox.

  • 1914: Mathematics and science writer Martin Gardner born. His interests will include stage magic, scientific skepticism, philosophy, religion, and literature.

    1914: Mathematics and science writer Martin Gardner born. His interests will include stage magic, scientific skepticism, philosophy, religion, and literature.

  • 1958: National Pareidolia Day declared in the United States.

    1958: National Pareidolia Day declared in the United States.

  • 1969: Mathematician and academic Wacław Sierpiński dies. He made important contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and topology.

    1969: Mathematician and academic Wacław Sierpiński dies. He made important contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and topology.

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