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||1533 – Theodor Zwinger, Swiss physician and scholar (d. 1588) | |||
||1754 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (d. 1825) | |||
||1788 – Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (d. 1853) | |||
||1823 – Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753) | |||
File:John Tyndall 1878.jpg|link=John Tyndall (nonfiction)|1820: Physicist [[John Tyndall (nonfiction)|John Tyndall]] born. He will study diamagnetism, and make discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air. | File:John Tyndall 1878.jpg|link=John Tyndall (nonfiction)|1820: Physicist [[John Tyndall (nonfiction)|John Tyndall]] born. He will study diamagnetism, and make discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air. | ||
||1870 – Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom. | |||
||1887 – Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician (d. 1960) | |||
File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1905: Mathematician [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to communicate with [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]]. | File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1905: Mathematician [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to communicate with [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]]. | ||
File:Alexander Graham Bell.jpg|link=|1922: Engineer, inventor, and academic [[Alexander Graham Bell (nonfiction)|Alexander Graham Bell]] dies. He patented the telephone in 1876. | File:Alexander Graham Bell.jpg|link=|1922: Engineer, inventor, and academic [[Alexander Graham Bell (nonfiction)|Alexander Graham Bell]] dies. He patented the telephone in 1876. | ||
||1932 – The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson. | |||
||1939 – Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon. | |||
File:Edward Lorenz.jpg|link=Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|1961: Mathematician [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to invent new type of [[scrying engine]]. | File:Edward Lorenz.jpg|link=Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|1961: Mathematician [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to invent new type of [[scrying engine]]. | ||
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File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1964: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series accidentally releases new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1964: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series accidentally releases new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1970 – Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891) | |||
||1976 – László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905) | |||
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Revision as of 06:18, 29 June 2017
1820: Physicist John Tyndall born. He will study diamagnetism, and make discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.
1905: Mathematician Emmy Noether uses Gnomon algorithm to communicate with Edward Lorenz.
1922: Engineer, inventor, and academic Alexander Graham Bell dies. He patented the telephone in 1876.
1961: Mathematician Edward Lorenz uses Gnomon algorithm to invent new type of scrying engine.
1964: Brainiac Explains lecture series accidentally releases new class of crimes against mathematical constants.