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||1779 – Peter Mark Roget, English physician, lexicographer, and theologian (d. 1869) | |||
||1853 – Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African farmer, soldier, and gun-maker (d. 1900) | |||
||1854 – Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (d. 1934) | |||
||Paul Ehrenfest (b. January 18, 1880) was an Austrian and Dutch theoretical physicist, who made major contributions to the field of statistical mechanics and its relations with quantum mechanics, including the theory of phase transition[1] and the Ehrenfest theorem. | |||
File:Antoine Becquerel.jpg|link=Antoine César Becquerel (nonfiction)|1878: Physicist and academic [[Antoine César Becquerel (nonfiction)|Antoine César Becquerel]] dies. He pioneered the study of electric and luminescent phenomena. | File:Antoine Becquerel.jpg|link=Antoine César Becquerel (nonfiction)|1878: Physicist and academic [[Antoine César Becquerel (nonfiction)|Antoine César Becquerel]] dies. He pioneered the study of electric and luminescent phenomena. | ||
||1896 – An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith. | |||
||1901 – Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1973) | |||
File:Septins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.jpg|link=Transdimensional prison|1907: [[Transdimensional prison|''Saccharomyces Cerevisiae'' Prison]] unable to contain supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]]. | File:Septins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.jpg|link=Transdimensional prison|1907: [[Transdimensional prison|''Saccharomyces Cerevisiae'' Prison]] unable to contain supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]]. | ||
File:Jacob Bronowski.jpg|link=Jacob Bronowski (nonfiction)|1908: Mathematician, historian of science, theatre author, poet, and inventor [[Jacob Bronowski (nonfiction)|Jacob Bronowski]] born. | File:Jacob Bronowski.jpg|link=Jacob Bronowski (nonfiction)|1908: Mathematician, historian of science, theatre author, poet, and inventor [[Jacob Bronowski (nonfiction)|Jacob Bronowski]] born. | ||
||1921 – Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015) | |||
File:Crossword.png|link=Crossword (nonfiction)|1923: [[Crossword (nonfiction)|crossword puzzle]] modified for use with [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | File:Crossword.png|link=Crossword (nonfiction)|1923: [[Crossword (nonfiction)|crossword puzzle]] modified for use with [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | ||
||1926 – Randolph Bromery, American geologist and academic (d. 2013) | |||
||1933 – Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (d. 2013) | |||
File:Enrico Fermi 1943-49.jpg|link=Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)|1937: [[Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)|Enrico Fermi]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithms]] which reverse effects of certain [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Enrico Fermi 1943-49.jpg|link=Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)|1937: [[Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)|Enrico Fermi]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithms]] which reverse effects of certain [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Vuvuzela spectrum.png|link=Vuvuzela of Doom|1969: [[Vuvuzela of Doom]] announces world tour. | File:Vuvuzela spectrum.png|link=Vuvuzela of Doom|1969: [[Vuvuzela of Doom]] announces world tour. | ||
||1995 – Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) | |||
File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1997: New class of [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] "are overrated." | File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1997: New class of [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] "are overrated." | ||
||2013 – Jim Horning, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1942) | |||
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Revision as of 09:59, 29 October 2017
1878: Physicist and academic Antoine César Becquerel dies. He pioneered the study of electric and luminescent phenomena.
1907: Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Prison unable to contain supervillain Fugitive Rubies.
1908: Mathematician, historian of science, theatre author, poet, and inventor Jacob Bronowski born.
1923: crossword puzzle modified for use with Gnomon algorithm functions.
1937: Enrico Fermi invents new class of Gnomon algorithms which reverse effects of certain crimes against mathematical constants.
1969: Vuvuzela of Doom announces world tour.
1997: New class of Crimes against mathematical constants "are overrated."