Template:Selected anniversaries/March 14: Difference between revisions

From Gnomon Chronicles
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 22: Line 22:


||1874: Johann Heinrich von Mädler dies ... astronomer and selenographer. Pic.
||1874: Johann Heinrich von Mädler dies ... astronomer and selenographer. Pic.
File:Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Wallace War-Heels|1878: Greengrocer, adventurer, and alleged time-traveller [[Wallace War-Heels]] defeats criminal mastermind [[Baron Zersetzung]] in single combat.


File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] born. Einstein will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (the other pillar: quantum mechanics).
File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] born. Einstein will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (the other pillar: quantum mechanics).
File:James Joseph Sylvester.jpg|link=James Joseph Sylvester (nonfiction)|1880: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[James Joseph Sylvester (nonfiction)|James Joseph Sylvester]] uses combinatorial partition theory to detect and prevent of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Wacław Sierpiński.jpg|link=Wacław Sierpiński (nonfiction)|1882: Mathematician and academic [[Wacław Sierpiński (nonfiction)|Wacław Sierpiński]] born. Sierpiński  will make important contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and topology.
File:Wacław Sierpiński.jpg|link=Wacław Sierpiński (nonfiction)|1882: Mathematician and academic [[Wacław Sierpiński (nonfiction)|Wacław Sierpiński]] born. Sierpiński  will make important contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and topology.
File:Elwin_Bruno_Christoffel.jpg|link=Elwin Bruno Christoffel (nonfiction)|1883: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter [[Elwin Bruno Christoffel (nonfiction)|Elwin Bruno Christoffel]] publishes new theory of differential geometry based on [[Gnomon algorithm]] principles, influencing the development of tensor calculus and related techniques for detecting and preventing of [[Crimes against physical constants|crimes against general relativity]].


||1883: Karl Marx dies ... philosopher and theorist. Pic.
||1883: Karl Marx dies ... philosopher and theorist. Pic.
Line 52: Line 46:


File:George_Eastman.jpg|link=George Eastman (nonfiction)|1932: [[George Eastman (nonfiction)|George Eastman]] takes his own life, after living with intense pain for two years from a degenerative spinal condition. Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream.
File:George_Eastman.jpg|link=George Eastman (nonfiction)|1932: [[George Eastman (nonfiction)|George Eastman]] takes his own life, after living with intense pain for two years from a degenerative spinal condition. Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream.
File:Arthur Compton 1927.jpg|link=Arthur Compton (nonfiction)|1933:  American physicist and crime-fighter [[Arthur Compton (nonfiction)|Arthur Compton]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], based on the Compton effect, use the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1935: Tommy Bonnesen ... mathematician, known for Bonnesen's inequality. Pic.
||1935: Tommy Bonnesen ... mathematician, known for Bonnesen's inequality. Pic.

Revision as of 20:09, 26 January 2022

  • 1663: Otto von Guericke completes his book Ottonis de Guericke Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, comprising his famed Magdeburg hemispheres demonstration, other vacuum-related research, and his pioneering investigation of static electricity.

    1663: Otto von Guericke completes his book Ottonis de Guericke Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, comprising his famed Magdeburg hemispheres demonstration, other vacuum-related research, and his pioneering investigation of static electricity.

  • 1761: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Pieter van Musschenbroek born. Van Musschenbroek will invent the first capacitor in 1746: the Leyden jar.

    1761: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Pieter van Musschenbroek born. Van Musschenbroek will invent the first capacitor in 1746: the Leyden jar.

  • 1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic Albert Einstein born. Einstein will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (the other pillar: quantum mechanics).

    1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic Albert Einstein born. Einstein will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (the other pillar: quantum mechanics).

  • 1882: Mathematician and academic Wacław Sierpiński born. Sierpiński will make important contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and topology.

    1882: Mathematician and academic Wacław Sierpiński born. Sierpiński will make important contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and topology.

  • 1932: George Eastman takes his own life, after living with intense pain for two years from a degenerative spinal condition. Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream.

    1932: George Eastman takes his own life, after living with intense pain for two years from a degenerative spinal condition. Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream.

  • 1961: A USAF B-52 bomber carrying two (or perhaps four) nuclear weapons crashes near Yuba City, California. The weapons' safety interlocks prevent both a nuclear explosion and release of radioactive material.

    1961: A USAF B-52 bomber carrying two (or perhaps four) nuclear weapons crashes near Yuba City, California. The weapons' safety interlocks prevent both a nuclear explosion and release of radioactive material.

  • 1973: Physicist and computer scientist Howard H. Aiken dies. Aiken designed the Harvard Mark I computer, among other pioneering contributions to computer science.

    1973: Physicist and computer scientist Howard H. Aiken dies. Aiken designed the Harvard Mark I computer, among other pioneering contributions to computer science.

Retrieved from "https://gnomonchronicles.com/w/index.php?title=Template:Selected_anniversaries/March_14&oldid=88055"