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||2011: Marvin Isadore Knopp dies ... mathematician who worked primarily in number theory. He made notable contributions to the theory of modular forms. Pic: https://news.temple.edu/news/2012-11-13/mathematics-conference-honors-late-temple-professor-marvin-knopp
||2011: Marvin Isadore Knopp dies ... mathematician who worked primarily in number theory. He made notable contributions to the theory of modular forms. Pic: https://news.temple.edu/news/2012-11-13/mathematics-conference-honors-late-temple-professor-marvin-knopp
File:Green Spiral 2.jpg|link=Green Spiral 2|2012: '''''[[Green Spiral 2]]''''' is voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.


File:AESOP.jpg|link=AESOP|2017: [[AESOP]] re-broadcasts 1996 conversation with astronomer and crime-fighter [[Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|Vera Rubin]] about the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion.
File:AESOP.jpg|link=AESOP|2017: [[AESOP]] re-broadcasts 1996 conversation with astronomer and crime-fighter [[Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|Vera Rubin]] about the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion.


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  • 1473: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius dies. He helped develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.

    1473: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius dies. He helped develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.

  • 1761: Astronomer Jean-Louis Pons born. He will become the greatest visual comet discoverer of all time: between 1801 and 1827, Pons will discover thirty-seven comets, more than any other person in history.

    1761: Astronomer Jean-Louis Pons born. He will become the greatest visual comet discoverer of all time: between 1801 and 1827, Pons will discover thirty-seven comets, more than any other person in history.

  • 1818: Physicist and brewer James Prescott Joule born. He will study the nature of heat, and discover its relationship to mechanical work.

    1818: Physicist and brewer James Prescott Joule born. He will study the nature of heat, and discover its relationship to mechanical work.

  • 1822: Mathematician Charles Hermite born. He will do research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.

    1822: Mathematician Charles Hermite born. He will do research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.

  • 1877: Thomas Edison files for a patent on the phonograph. The idea came to him while working on a telegraph transmitter, when he noticed that when the tape of the machine was played at high speed, it gave off a noise resembling spoken words. After experimenting with a needle attached to the diaphragm of a telephone receiver to prick paper tape to record a message, his idea evolved to using a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder.

    1877: Thomas Edison files for a patent on the phonograph. The idea came to him while working on a telegraph transmitter, when he noticed that when the tape of the machine was played at high speed, it gave off a noise resembling spoken words. After experimenting with a needle attached to the diaphragm of a telephone receiver to prick paper tape to record a message, his idea evolved to using a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder.

  • 1882: Mathematician Johann Benedict Listing dies. He introduced the term "topology" in a famous article published in 1847, having already used the term in correspondence some years earlier.

    1882: Mathematician Johann Benedict Listing dies. He introduced the term "topology" in a famous article published in 1847, having already used the term in correspondence some years earlier.

  • 1905: Businessman, investor, aviator, film director, and philanthropist Howard Hughes born. He will be known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world.

    1905: Businessman, investor, aviator, film director, and philanthropist Howard Hughes born. He will be known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world.

  • 1906: Inventor Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

    1906: Inventor Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

  • 1917: Politician Ivan Goremykin dies. He is remembered for his Extreme Moustaches.

    1917: Politician Ivan Goremykin dies. He is remembered for his Extreme Moustaches.

  • 1962: Mathematician Wilhelm Ackermann dies. He discovered the Ackermann function, an important example in the theory of computation.

    1962: Mathematician Wilhelm Ackermann dies. He discovered the Ackermann function, an important example in the theory of computation.

  • 1967: Performance artist and crime-fighter Brion Gysin invents hand-held scrying engine, sends Christmas Eve greetings to Hamangia figurines.

    1967: Performance artist and crime-fighter Brion Gysin invents hand-held scrying engine, sends Christmas Eve greetings to Hamangia figurines.

  • 1996: Astronomer and crime-fighter Vera Rubin computes the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, makes contact with AESOP.

    1996: Astronomer and crime-fighter Vera Rubin computes the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, makes contact with AESOP.

  • 2012: Green Spiral 2 is voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2012: Green Spiral 2 is voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

  • 2017: AESOP re-broadcasts 1996 conversation with astronomer and crime-fighter Vera Rubin about the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion.

    2017: AESOP re-broadcasts 1996 conversation with astronomer and crime-fighter Vera Rubin about the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion.

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