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||1719 – Johann Friedrich Böttger, German chemist and potter (b. 1682) | ||1719 – Johann Friedrich Böttger, German chemist and potter (b. 1682) | ||
File:Maria Gaetana Agnesi.jpg|link=Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|1763: Mathematician [[Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |File:Maria Gaetana Agnesi.jpg|link=Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|1763: Mathematician [[Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey by Sir Thomas Lawrence copy.jpg|link=Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (nonfiction)|1764: [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (nonfiction)|Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey]] born. His government will see the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. | File:Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey by Sir Thomas Lawrence copy.jpg|link=Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (nonfiction)|1764: [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (nonfiction)|Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey]] born. His government will see the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. | ||
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||Jenifer Haselgrove (d. 13 March 2015) was a British physicist and computer scientist. She is most noted for her formulation of ray tracing equations in a cold magneto-plasma, now widely known in the radio science community as Haselgrove's Equations. Nopic. | ||Jenifer Haselgrove (d. 13 March 2015) was a British physicist and computer scientist. She is most noted for her formulation of ray tracing equations in a cold magneto-plasma, now widely known in the radio science community as Haselgrove's Equations. Nopic. | ||
File:Tesla with ray gun.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla|2015: Steganographic analysis of [[Nikola Tesla]] illustration unexpectedly reveals "at least a terabyte" of encrypted data, "almost certainly Tesla's case files on [[crimes against physical constants]]. | |||
File:Hilary Putnam.jpg|link=Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|2016: Philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist [[Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|Hilary Putnam]] dies. He argued for the reality of mathematical entities, later espousing the view that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical". | File:Hilary Putnam.jpg|link=Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|2016: Philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist [[Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|Hilary Putnam]] dies. He argued for the reality of mathematical entities, later espousing the view that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical". | ||
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1764: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey born. His government will see the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.
1877: Children reprogram Jacquard loom to compute new family of Gnomon algorithm functions.
Mathematician Melvin Dresher (Dreszer) born. He will contribute to game theory, co-developing the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma.
2015: Steganographic analysis of Nikola Tesla illustration unexpectedly reveals "at least a terabyte" of encrypted data, "almost certainly Tesla's case files on crimes against physical constants.
2016: Philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist Hilary Putnam dies. He argued for the reality of mathematical entities, later espousing the view that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical".