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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." | ||
||Herbert Reuben John Grosch (d. January 18, 2010) was an early computer scientist, perhaps best known for Grosch's law, which he formulated in 1950. Grosch's Law is an aphorism that states "economy is as the square root of the speed." | |||
||2013 – Jim Horning, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1942) | ||2013 – Jim Horning, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1942) | ||
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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."