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||1972: S. R. Ranganathan dies ... mathematician, librarian, and academic.
||1972: S. R. Ranganathan dies ... mathematician, librarian, and academic.
||1997: William Leonard Edge dies ... mathematician most known for his work in finite geometry. In the 1950s Edge began to explore vector spaces over Galois fields as an entry to finite geometry. Points and lines of finite projective geometry arise as lines and planes in these spaces, and the projectivities of these spaces provide representation of some finite groups. Pic: http://hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk/tiki/William+Edge


||1983: Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
||1983: Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.


||1986: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloonfest_'86
||1986: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloonfest_'86
|File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1905: Mathematician [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
|File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1933: New class of [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] "are nothing more than smoke and mirrors."
|File:Hilbert_curve.gif|link=Hilbert Curve (nonfiction)|1935: [[Hilbert curve (nonfiction)|Hilbert curve]] confirms that several recent "[[crimes against mathematical constants]]" are hoaxes.


||2003: SMART-1 satellite is launched.
||2003: SMART-1 satellite is launched.

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  • 1737: Physician, mathematician, and engineer Hubert Gautier dies. He authored the first book on bridge building, Traité des Ponts, in 1716, as well as books on roads, fortifications, antiquities, geology, and a first manual for watercolor practitioners.

    1737: Physician, mathematician, and engineer Hubert Gautier dies. He authored the first book on bridge building, Traité des Ponts, in 1716, as well as books on roads, fortifications, antiquities, geology, and a first manual for watercolor practitioners.

  • 1879: Mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn born. He will make contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.

    1879: Mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn born. He will make contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.

  • 1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on transcendental consciousness as the limit of all possible knowledge.

    1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on transcendental consciousness as the limit of all possible knowledge.

  • 1962: Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

    1962: Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  • 2017: The well-known illustration Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery sells for seven million dollars at charity benefit for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

    2017: The well-known illustration Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery sells for seven million dollars at charity benefit for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

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