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||Isambard Kingdom Brunel FRS (d. 15 September 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history" | ||Isambard Kingdom Brunel FRS (d. 15 September 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history" | ||
||1883 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950) | ||1883 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950). | ||
||1883 – Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801) | ||1883 – Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801). | ||
||Esteban Terrades i Illa (b. 15 September 1883) also known as Esteve Terradas, was a Spanish mathematician, scientist and engineer. He researched and taught widely in the fields of mathematics and the physical sciences | ||Esteban Terrades i Illa (b. 15 September 1883) also known as Esteve Terradas, was a Spanish mathematician, scientist and engineer. He researched and taught widely in the fields of mathematics and the physical sciences | ||
||1886 – Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1971) | ||1886 – Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1971). | ||
||1894 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1977) | ||1894 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1977). | ||
||Luigi Fantappiè (b. 15 September 1901) was an Italian mathematician, known for work in mathematical analysis and for creating the theory of analytic functionals. Pic. | ||Luigi Fantappiè (b. 15 September 1901) was an Italian mathematician, known for work in mathematical analysis and for creating the theory of analytic functionals. Pic. | ||
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||1968 – The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. | ||1968 – The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. | ||
||John Desmond Bernal FRS ( | ||John Desmond Bernal FRS (d.15 September 1971) was a scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science. In addition, Bernal was a political supporter of Communism and wrote popular books on science and society. | ||
File:Lorenz_attractor_trajectory-through-phase-space.gif|link=Lorenz system (nonfiction)|1989: [[Lorenz system (nonfiction)|Lorenz system]] develops self-awareness, discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm function]]. | File:Lorenz_attractor_trajectory-through-phase-space.gif|link=Lorenz system (nonfiction)|1989: [[Lorenz system (nonfiction)|Lorenz system]] develops self-awareness, discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm function]]. | ||
||2014 – Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (b. 1930) | ||2014 – Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (b. 1930). | ||
||Hans F. Weinberger (d. September 15, 2017 | ||Hans F. Weinberger (d. September 15, 2017) was an Austrian-American mathematician, known for his contributions to variational methods for eigenvalue problems, partial differential equations, and fluid dynamics. | ||
||2017: The Cassini space probe was deliberately disposed of via a controlled fall into Saturn's atmosphere, ending its nearly two-decade-long mission. Pic. | |||
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Revision as of 17:09, 23 March 2018
1736: Astronomer, mathematician, and politician Jean Sylvain Bailly born. His work as an astronomer lead to his recognition and admiration by the European scientific community.
1944: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming death of physicist and crime-fighter Harry Daghlian.
1945: Physicist Harry Daghlian dies. He was fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1945: Extract of Radium distributor and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung uses the death of physicist and crime-fighter Harry Daghlian as a pretext for stealing the demon core.
1989: Lorenz system develops self-awareness, discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm function.