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||1995: Raphael Mitchel Robinson dies ... mathematician. He will work on mathematical logic, set theory, geometry, number theory, and combinatorics. Pic.
||1995: Raphael Mitchel Robinson dies ... mathematician. He will work on mathematical logic, set theory, geometry, number theory, and combinatorics. Pic.
||2001: Robert Alexander Rankin born ... mathematician who worked in analytic number theory. Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Rankin.html


||2008: Irene Ann Stegun dies ... mathematician at the National Bureau of Standards who, with Milton Abramowitz, edited a classic book of mathematical tables called ''A Handbook of Mathematical Functions'', widely known as ''Abramowitz and Stegun''.  Pic: https://alchetron.com/Irene-Stegun  
||2008: Irene Ann Stegun dies ... mathematician at the National Bureau of Standards who, with Milton Abramowitz, edited a classic book of mathematical tables called ''A Handbook of Mathematical Functions'', widely known as ''Abramowitz and Stegun''.  Pic: https://alchetron.com/Irene-Stegun  

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  • 1593: The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno. He will be burned at the stake.

    1593: The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno. He will be burned at the stake.

  • 1931: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.

    1931: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.

  • 1832: Novelist, poet, and mathematician Lewis Carroll born. He will write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

    1832: Novelist, poet, and mathematician Lewis Carroll born. He will write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

  • 1860: Mathematician and academic János Bolyai dies. He was one of the founders of non-Euclidean geometry.

    1860: Mathematician and academic János Bolyai dies. He was one of the founders of non-Euclidean geometry.

  • 1880: Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.

    1880: Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.

  • 1948: Mathematician, theorist, and crime-fighter Nikolai Luzin uses point-set topology to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1948: Mathematician, theorist, and crime-fighter Nikolai Luzin uses point-set topology to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1972: Mathematician Richard Courant dies. He co-wrote What is Mathematics?.

    1972: Mathematician Richard Courant dies. He co-wrote What is Mathematics?.

  • 1972: Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to counteract the effects of crimes against poetry.

    1972: Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to counteract the effects of crimes against poetry.

  • 2010: Historian, playwright, and social activist Howard Zinn dies. He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.

    2010: Historian, playwright, and social activist Howard Zinn dies. He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.

  • 2017: Steganographic analysis of Green Spiral 9 unexpectedly reveals "more than a terabyte" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

    2017: Steganographic analysis of Green Spiral 9 unexpectedly reveals "more than a terabyte" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

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